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Miss Susan Wyndham and Miss Marianne MacClain collide at the season’s first grand ball, their eyes blazing with instant opposition. Their thwarted duel is interrupted by Lord Randal Kenyon, Baron Ellerton—London’s most handsome and eligible noble. His arrival ignites a budding romance that turns into a spirited rivalry between the two dazzling beauties who, long accustomed to entitlement, now vie for his affection.
First publish date: 1985
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Jane Ashford
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