“Beg pardon, but are you crediting me with destroying the Aire bridge? Or conjuring the storm? Or perhaps causing the mail coach to run three hours behind schedule? I assure you, while I have my methods, I’m not a god.” There is at least one person you will need to impress this Christmas.” You know how important this holiday is, Adam, and yet you invite a Tantalus girl? I thought you’d at least make an effort, even knowing the.regard you have for your only family. I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. “I had thought that this year, at least, you would manage something respectable – or at least your interpretation of the word. Adam had always found it ironic that his older sister looked more like a warm hearted confidante than an ice cold shrew, but he’d certainly known her long enough to see past her pretty skin. Her dark hair was, as always, immaculately fashioned atop her head, and a deep gray morning gown set her light gray eyes off to perfection. I could tell from your tone that you were saying something accusatory, but I didn’t quite catch it.”Įustace Landen, the Marchioness of Wallace, remained in the doorway of his office. “I must have been mad to think that just once you wouldn’t attempt to mar our holiday by bringing one of your bloody mistresses here.”Īdam looked up from his correspondence. But can he defy convention-and convince Sophia-to risk it all in the name of true love?
Adam knows he must find a wife by his thirtieth birthday or he will lose his fortune. Sophia is beautiful, courageous, and stubbornly self-sufficient despite her scandalous circumstances-and not at all the kind of woman he could possibly marry.
Inviting Sophia for Christmas is a daring courtesy on Adam’s part, but he soon finds the pleasure is all his. So when Sophia is invited to spend the holidays at the estate of Adam Baswich, the devilishly handsome Duke of Greaves, she is delighted-and determined to enjoy her last nights of freedom before surrendering her hand… The illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, she works at the Tantalus Club, a discreet establishment for gentlemen-and her only suitor is a pastor who wants to save her soul. Sophia White knows she will never marry into polite society.
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