Hazardous to a Duke’s Heart
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- £8.99
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
Intriguing twists and sparkling wit entwine in this stunning new historical romance from the New York Times bestselling Sabrina Jeffries, as a once-captive patriot returns home to a changed world in the wake of the Napoleonic War...
Napoleon’s war has ended, and English captives detained for years in a French fortress are finally released. Returning to a London he no longer recognizes, and facing astonishing changes in his own family, Lord Jonathan Leighton learns he has inherited a dukedom. But the new nobleman carries the guilt of having wronged his late mentor. Now, he vows to fulfill his promise to find a suitable match for the man’s daughter, Victoria—even if it takes offering a nonexistent dowry to spark her interest in matrimony . . .
Sharp-witted Victoria would just as soon sculpt the Greek god who has come to take charge of her future. In fact, she has her sights set on founding a school for women artists. As Jonathan matches wits with the talented beauty, revelations from his past—and their connection to her father’s demise—threaten to unveil both of their closely held secrets and thrust them into a danger they can only escape together.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The sparkling Lords of Hazard series starter from Jeffries (the Designing Debutantes series) draws inspiration from the true stories of Englishmen detained in France during the Napoleonic War. After being imprisoned for 11 years, Lord Jon Leighton returns to England to find the country radically changed. He also discovers that, with both his older half brothers dead, he is now the Duke of Falconridge. The title brings many new duties, but Jon's focus is on fulfilling his promise to his mentor, Dr. Morris, who died while imprisoned with Jon, to secure a good marriage for his daughter, Tory Morris, who happens to be Jon's sister's governess. Free-spirited Tory, however, has no interest in matrimony, determined instead to realize her dream of opening a school for women artists. The pair clash, only coming to a truce when Tory agrees to husband hunt during the London Season if Jon becomes her sculpting pupil. Mutual attraction blossoms—as does intrigue, as Jon searches for the person who betrayed his escape plan back in France. The result is a page-turning romance complete with a wounded hero it's easy to crush on and an intelligent, fiercely independent heroine it's easy to root for. This is a delight.
