The Promise
of Kate Worth (Goodreads Author)
Description
When pastry chef Jane Gray tries to sell a locket to an upscale Victorian boutique, she becomes the unlikely subject of a massive police hunt and fodder for Londonâs salacious tabloid press; secrets unravel, lies are exposed, and Jane finds the last thing she expected⊠love.Jane works tirelessly to provide a good life for her adopted daughter Pip, but her peaceful, predictable existence is shattered when the Duke of Rutledge demands custody of his niece. Charming and handsome, the dukeâs younger brother Finn spends his leisure time between the sheets of Londonâs most beautiful, wanton women. The seasoned rake is perplexed by his growing attraction to demure, virtuous Jane⊠definitely not his usual type.If she were any other woman, he would simply make her his mistress. Instead, he is forced to consider more honorable means of achieving his desires. While eagerly plotting her submission, he fabricates excuses to spend time with her. It soon becomes evident thereâs more to Jane than meets the eye, and Finn longs to possess the passionate, sensual woman hidden beneath her modest facade.When a scandal rag threatens to print false stories about the duke and his âlove child,â Finn offers marriage under the guise of protection, but his true motives are less altruistic. Janeâs marriage draws the attention of a madman from her past. When his beloved wife is threatened, Finn enters Londonâs dangerous underworld in a heart-stopping race to save the woman and child who have become his whole world.
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Book Details
- Format E-book
- Pages 307 pages
- Publisher Theresa Knight
- Publication Date June 16th 2012
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781476274669
- Edition Not informed
- Category Romance
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