''Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than Eloisa James'' - Julia Quinn

How can she dare to imagine he loves her... when all London calls her The Ugly Duchess?

Theodora Saxby is the last woman anyone expects the gorgeous James Ryburn, heir to the Duchy of Ashbrook, to marryBut after a romantic proposal before the prince himself, even practical Theo finds herself convinced of her soon-to-be duke''s passion. Still, the tabloids give the marriage six months.

Theo would have given it a lifetime . . . until she discovers that James desires not her heart, and certainly not her countenance, but her dowry.

Society was shocked by their wedding, but it''s scandalized by their separationJames heads to sea where he becomes a notorious pirate, and Theo builds their estate into a flourishing concern. Back from the seas, a scandalous tattoo of a poppy under one eye, James now faces the battle of his lifetime: convincing Theo that he loved the duckling who blossomed into the swan.

Theo will quickly find that for a man with the soul of a pirate, all''s fair in love - or war.

''Eloisa James is extraordinary'' - Lisa Kleypas

''Romance writing does not get much better than this'' - People



Format Häftad Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Little, Brown Book Group Utgivningsdatum 2012-08-28 ISBN 9780749956721