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In London, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon prepares to marry the Duke of Richmond’s only daughter, an event that has captured the city’s gossip columns. Miss Sophie Harlow, a bustling reporter, reports the proceedings while harboring a secret infatuation for the duke, risking a scandal of unprecedented proportions.
Amid the ceremony’s excitement, the arrival of a foreign prince and a shocking secret threaten to unravel the marriages’ delicate balance, forcing the duke to choose between duty, love, and the risk of a scandal that could tarnish the aristocratic wedding of the year.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Maya Rodale
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