Scandal, Adultery And An Angry Husband Has To Be Avoided If The Dukeof Rockinston, One Of The Most Handsome And Charming Bachelors Inlondon, Is To Keep His Family Honour And His Preserve His Place At The Centre Of Society. With The Furious Earl Of Darran Hot On Hisheels, The Duke Narrowly Escapes Complete Social Ruin After Beingdiscovered Leaving The Home Of The Lovely Countess At Three O?Clock In The Morning. Unable To Convince The Earl That Their Liaison Wasnothing More Than Innocent Friendship, The Only Way The Duke Can Savehis Family From Scandal, And The Countess From An Unpleasant Divorce, Is By Announcing His Engagement To Someone Else As Quickly Aspossible. Aware That Any Number Of London?S Debutants Would Jump At The Opportunity, But Already Bored By Their Vacuous Company, The Duke Decides To Approach His Great Friend The Duke Of Lynbrook To Ask Forthe Hand Of His Beautiful Daughter, Venetia. She Has Everything He Islooking For In A Wife ? Renowned Beauty, A Good Family And Mostimportantly Having Spent The Last Three Years In A Convent School Inparis She Will Be Completely Ignorant Of His Reputation As Arake. There Is Just One Flaw To His Magnificent Plan. Venetia Andhe Have Never Met, And Are Most Certainly Not In Love With Each Other. Undeterred By This Minor Detail, Venetia Is Summoned Home By Herfather, The Newspapers Are Informed And The Wedding Date Set For Twoweeks Time. But Neither Man Has Considered How Venetia Might Feelabout Their Master Plan. The Duke Of Rockinston May Be A Charming, Wealthy Adventurer, But Venetia Has Always Assumed That The Man Shemarries Will Be Her Perfect Match And Is Astounded To Discover Thatshe Is Expected To Marry A Complete Stranger. With The Earl Stillseeking Revenge And The Elusive Duke Away In Scotland Until The Day Of His Wedding, Will Venetia Comply? And If She Does, Can This Marriageof Convenience Possibly Make Either The Husband Or Wife Happy? Withonly A Fortnight To The Big Day, Venetia Must Use All Of Herexceptional Intelligence To Work Out A Way To Make A Marriage, Conceived In Desperation, Become A Love Story With A Happy Ending Foreveryone
