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Abigail Shaw, a neat young reporter, faces a crisis: her father's newspaper is on the brink of collapse. Desperate for a scandal that will headline the press, she devises an unlikely plan—courtship with the Duke of Madingley, Christopher Cabot. A staged romance could expose the duke’s secrets and secure sensational headlines, keeping Abigail’s family business afloat. Yet the duke, intrigued by the commoner's cunning, contemplates using the arrangement to find a suitable wife among rivals. As they navigate a web of deception, true feelings begin to surface, and both must decide whether to honor the façade or reveal their hearts and the duke’s hidden past.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Gayle Callen
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