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Prudence, a young woman struggling with her family's strict expectations, decides to escape her brutal grandfather's strict control. She concocts a plan involving a fake engagement and the man she approaches, which is so compelling that he willingly becomes a part of her scheme. Her grandfather, unaware of the deception, allows her to leave home, and the perfect perfect rakes, including the charming and determined Prudence, find themselves entangled in a web of lies and misunderstandings.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Anne Gracie
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