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In the Regency era, Irish aristocrat Christina MacCarthy finds herself taken captive by the very British forces her family has long opposed. With no other escape route, she must marry the powerful and handsome Duke of Dacre, England’s most influential lord. But the Duke’s allure presents a new threat: the possibility that love itself could become a prison, turning tender devotion into a dangerous confinement as she navigates a perilous path toward freedom and self‑definition.
First publish date: 1981
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Joan Wolf
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