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When Miss Penelope Thorne declines the Duke of Sedgemoor’s marriage offer, she absconds to the Continent, seeking freedom from the rigid expectations of Regency society. Several years later, at the request of her ailing brother, the duke is tasked with retrieving her. The reunion forces Penelope to reckon with her earlier decision, the stark differences between her aspirations and the aristocratic world, and the possibility of a future she had long abandoned.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Anna Campbell
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