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Submit Channing–Downes, the proper wife of an elderly marquess, is left penniless and alone after her husband’s death. Entrusted with delivering a small black box to its rightful owner, she turns to Graham Wessit, the notorious Earl of Netham. Rumoured and scandal‑ridden, Graham sees no reason to involve himself in the mission, yet fate entwines their lives in unexpected ways. The story traces their slow‑burning romance—a realistic, passionate love that develops amid the challenges of inheritance and the social constraints of nobility.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Judith Ivory
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