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Marriageāan unpleasant obligation A troublesome addendum to his fatherās will requires Victor, Duke of Sutcliffe to marry before his twenty-seventh birthday or lose his fortune. After a three-year absence, he ventures home, intent upon finding the most biddable and forgettable miss in Essex. A woman who will make no demands upon him and wonāt mind being left behind when he returns to London. Except, Victor meets Theadosia Brentwood again and finds himself powerless to resist herāeven if she is promised to another and the exact opposite of what he thought he wanted in a duchess. Marriageāan impossible choice Secretly in love with Victor for years, Theadosia is overjoyed when he returns. Until she learns he must marry within mere weeks. When he unexpectedly proposes, she must make an impossible decision. How can Thea elope with him when heās marrying out of necessity, not love? Besides, if she does wed Victor, her betrothedāa man she loathesāwill reveal a scandalous secret. A secret that will send her father to prison and leave her sister and mother homeless. This sweet, childhood friends Regency historical by a USA Today bestselling author will make you smile, laugh, and sigh with contentment. Victor and Theadosiaās love-story will carry you away to another time and place where they dare to indulge in a forbidden love. Though this book can easily be read as a stand-alone, most readers prefer to read the series in order.