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Regina Pierce, a beautiful and wealthy American, uses her mining fortune to purchase a title in France by marrying Baron Julian Herriot de Verlaine. Raised in privilege, Regina is thrust into aristocratic society where marriage is largely a business transaction. Despite the pragmatic nature of their arrangement, Regina secretly falls deeply in love with her husband and is determined to win his affection, even if it means challenging the rigid expectations of the French nobility.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Janet Louise Roberts
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