The Temporary Duke

My Fair Gentleman

Lady Rosemary, the Duke of Alston's lovely sister, faced a dreadful dilemma: Her brother had disappeared during an Alpine hike, but his wedding had to proceed as planned in order to satisfy their grandfather's will. No less than the Alston fortune was at stake! Worse, the husband-hunting Lady Rosemary could not go to London for the Season without him. Desperate times called for desperate measures--in the person of a Latin teacher named Adrian Stamford, who bore a remarkable resemblance to the missing duke. A tantalizing offer concerning Adrian's passion for archaeology was too irresistible for the country scholar to resist.

Lady Rosemary expected to have her hands full teaching Adrian to behave like a faultlessly mannered gentleman of the ton. But the handsome impostor had his own lessons to give-in laughter, in democracy, and in desire. Then the unthinkable occurred: Rosemary fell for her brother's double and he for her. But she was titled; he was a commoner. She lived in splendor; he in a cozy cottage. To wed was impossible. Yet two hearts would break unless love found a way....