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Hawksmoor, a notorious fortune hunter known for seducing women and evading those who disagree with him, sets his sights on Catherine Fenton—an heiress with eighty thousand pounds who is bound by duty to a man she despises. Catherine, trapped in a gilded house and an arranged marriage, has learned of the societal fascination with Ben, Lord Hawksmoor. She senses that beneath his glittering facade lies a man who could rescue her from her suffocating obligations. As their longing deepens, Catherine must decide whether she has found a hero or sealed a pact with a darker force.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Nicola Cornick
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