The Scandalous Marriage
The Dukes and Desires Series: Book #7
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore
- Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
Description
As far as matrimonial prospects were concerned, LucyBliss was told she’d make an excellent clergyman’s wife.
Her mother had loftier aspirations, however, for herlovely younger sister Belinda. Belinda would marry a duke, more specifically,the Duke of Wardshire. Lucy was truly horrified. “Lucifer” Wardshire was rumored to be as wicked as the devil, with orgies and mistresses—and worse.
As the London season unfolded, Lucy couldn’t decidewho was more abominable, her vulgar mama or the arrogant yet disconcertinglyhandsome duke. But Lucy vowed to go to any lengths to protect hersister, even if her mission should take her into the very arms of the devilishduke himself.
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The Scandalous Marriage
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore
Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
As far as matrimonial prospects were concerned, LucyBliss was told she’d make an excellent clergyman’s wife.
Her mother had loftier aspirations, however, for herlovely younger sister Belinda. Belinda would marry a duke, more specifically,the Duke of Wardshire. Lucy was truly horrified. “Lucifer” Wardshire was rumored to be as wicked as the devil,... Read more »
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