ASIN: B01HFI6YLS
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 855
A woman on the brink of spinsterhood. A terrifying Duke. And an intriguing invitation.
Jane yearns to find a husband, especially now that her mother is showing increasing signs of her madness and her father is dead. But few people in the village even talk to Jane, and her dance card is consistently empty. There’s something about her family’s past that makes people treat her with disdain. Jane knows she’s beautiful, but at twenty-seven, she’s in danger of becoming an old maid.
Until one day, she receives a mysterious invitation to a ball from the Duke. Jane has seen him around town. The villagers avoid his path, the children run away, and it is said that society only tolerates him because of his position. Surely, he has a terrible secret. But even though their eyes have never met, Jane finds the Duke frightfully attractive. And now that he has sent this intriguing invitation, Jane must ...
