The Reluctant Duke

MISMATCHED HEARTS

If he looked at her, she felt weak and if he did not, she was in despair. Of course, the Duke of Stanfield saw blonde, violet-eyed Julia Hartman -- when he noticed her at all -- only as the amusing younger sister of the ravishing Catherine, whose breathtaking beauty and wealth made her a perfect match for the peer. Moreover, the haughty, handsome Duke laughed that he would always prefer gambling and horses to any woman, even the one he wed! Julia vowed to prove him mistaken. And during her very first London season she would get her chance...daring to dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and scandal to make a reluctant duke change partners and give Julia his heart.

Hero: Thomas Stanfield
Heroine: Julia Hartman