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After Luella Hanley's father dies suddenly, she is left alone and penniless in Milan. A mysterious stranger offers her a business proposition: escort a little Italian boy home to his father, an English duke. The journey reveals a series of startling consequences that force the duke into an appalling dilemma, intertwining mortal danger with unexpected romance amid the historical backdrop of early 20th‑century Milan.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Barbara Cartland
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