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For as long as Lucretia Hedley could remember, she had loved the Merlyncourt estate and its handsome young lord, the Marquis of Merlyncourt. The Marquis, the most desired bachelor in all of England, unexpectedly makes Lucretia his wife and mistress of Merlyncourt. Knowing the Marquis’s impatience for innocent young girls, Lucretia realizes that her youth is a handicap and that she must transform into a sophisticated, worldly woman to keep his love. Her determination to change leads her into a thrilling intrigue of danger and high adventure, drawing both her and the Marquis into a chilling saga.
First publish date: 1976
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Barbara Cartland
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