![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Heath explores how society’s confining rules force people into uncomfortable and even desperate choices. ![]() Their evolution to lovers is pleasing and satisfying, especially since they have to trust each other with truly devastating stories from their pasts in order to make a future together. King has no choice but to reveal a terrible secret about his past, not knowing Penelope has a secret of her own that might ruin her if it comes to light. Things change between them when a mysterious threatening letter appears in the mail. King asks Penelope to choose the best candidate, unaware of her feelings for him he also refuses to admit that his hyperawareness of Penelope is a sign that his feelings for her are more romantic than professional. He decides on a more direct route and places an advertisement inviting London’s eligible young women to write letters describing their qualifications for the role of duchess. King is aware that he must take a bride and have heirs, but he has no interest in courtship. She’s a consummate professional even though she’s been secretly in love with Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, for years. Penelope Pettypeace is the rarity of rarities: a woman employed as a personal secretary to a high-ranking member of the aristocracy. A duke entrusts his secretary with the task of selecting his new duchess. ![]()
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