Still, she is determined to find the perfect bride for her clueless, yet ruthlessly charming employer.īut when an anonymous note threatens to reveal truths best hidden, Kingsland has no choice but to confront the danger with Penelope at his side. If there exists a more unpleasant task in the world than deciding who is to marry the man you love, Penelope Pettypeace certainly can’t imagine what it might be. He places an advert encouraging the single ladies of the ton to write why they should be the one chosen, and leaves it to his efficient secretary to select his future wife. However, restoring the dukedom-left in ruins by his father-to its former glory demands all his time, with little room for sentiment. Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, is in need of a duchess. New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath continues her Once Upon a Dukedom series with this lush love story of a duke who discovers what he desires in a wife may not be what he needs…
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