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Zusatztext After four years traveling on the continent! Madeline de Lacy! the duchessof Magnus! is lost by her father in a card game to Mr. Remington Knight.She resolves to go to London and explain why it's ridiculous for them tobe wed! but she's sidetracked and persuades her cousin and companion! timidMiss Eleanor de Lacy! to switch places with her and to go on to Londonto hold off the vengeful Mr. Knight. Eleanor agrees. Madeline offers Eleanorone piece of advice - to be bold and act as Madeline would in like circumstances.In Remington's expensive townhouse! Eleanor discovers he is handsome! diabolical!and determined to wed her! the woman he believes is the duchess. Informationen zum Autor New York Times bestselling author CHRISTINA DODD builds worlds filled with suspense, romance, and adventure, and creates the most distinctive characters in fiction today. Her fifty novels have been translated into twenty-five languages, featured by Doubleday Book Club, recorded on Books on Tape for the Blind, won Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart and RITA Awards, and been called the year's best by Library Journal. Dodd herself has been a clue in the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle. Klappentext A bold woman known as the "duchess of Magnus" was wagered?and won?in a card game. But the woman who arrived was her shy, quiet cousin Eleanor. Eleanor de Lacy must have been mad to agree to exchange identities with her stronger-willed cousin. She would never convince Remington Knight of the folly of this union?especially since the man seemed so determined for it to take place. Worse still, she finds Remington dazzlingly attractive?and she's charmed by his attempts to seduce her, even though he believes she is already his. But if he ever learns of Eleanor's deception, this daring rogue will wreak havoc . . . upon her reputation and her heart. Remington had expected a haughty, unbending aristocrat who would ensure his entrance into good society. But this "duchess" is a most pleasant surprise?modest, warm-hearted, endearingly awkward, and a delight to the eye. In short, she is exactly the sort of bride Remington could fall passionately, completely in love with . . . . . . if he weren't so intent on his revenge. Zusammenfassung A bold woman known as the "duchess of Magnus" was wagered—and won—in a card game. But the woman who arrived was her shy! quiet cousin Eleanor. Eleanor de Lacy must have been mad to agree to exchange identities with her stronger-willed cousin. She would never convince Remington Knight of the folly of this union—especially since the man seemed so determined for it to take place. Worse still! she finds Remington dazzlingly attractive—and she's charmed by his attempts to seduce her! even though he believes she is already his. But if he ever learns of Eleanor's deception! this daring rogue will wreak havoc . . . upon her reputation and her heart. Remington had expected a haughty! unbending aristocrat who would ensure his entrance into good society. But this "duchess" is a most pleasant surprise—modest! warm-hearted! endearingly awkward! and a delight to the eye. In short! she is exactly the sort of bride Remington could fall passionately! completely in love with . . . . . . if he weren't so intent on his revenge. ...
