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Jocelyn Kendal, a beautiful Lady with a vast legacy, faces the threat of losing her inheritance to her greedy cousin Elvira and the refusal of the Duke of Candover to marry her. Seeking a solution, she turns to Major David Lancaster, a wounded officer desperate for money to support his orphaned sister. Their vows unite marriage and ambition, but the Major’s hardened attitude toward death and his newfound desire for a marital bed challenge their arrangement.
First publish date: July 5, 1988
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Mary Jo Putney
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