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A decade after being excluded from high society, the Marquess of Bourne has earned power beneath London’s glittering façade of covert gambling halls. Determined to reclaim his title, he targets an arranged marriage to Lady Penelope Marbury, a woman who resists a conventional life and craves the unknown. Their union tests both dominance and desire, as Penelope learns to wager everything—her heart and her principles—into a world brimming with risk and temptation.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Sarah MacLean
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