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Leonora Freemantle has made a daring wager: that book learning, not birthright, can produce a proper gentleman. When the roguish Sergeant Morse Archer is hired as her tutor, her plan is thrown into doubt.
In the bustling social salons of Bath, Leonora must decide whether Morse’s rough charm can be refined enough to meet the expectations of the Regency elite—or whether her polished ideals will prevail. The stakes are high: if he fails to pass muster, a hasty marriage may be arranged, but Morse vows to teach her the true language of love, turning the wager into both a social experiment and a romantic adventure.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Deborah Hale
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