Abducted by a band of renegade Scots, Highland gypsy Tasara Faas blackens her rescuer’s eye when the charming duke attempts to steal a kiss. Afterward, Tasara learns she’s the long-lost heiress Alexandra Atterberry and is expected to take her place among the elite society she’s always disdained.
Lucan, the Duke of Harcourt, promised his gravely ill mother he’d procure a wife by Christmastide, but intrigued by the feisty lass he saved in Scotland, he finds the haut ton ladies lacking. Spying Alexa at a London ball, he impulsively decides to make the knife-wielding gypsy his bride despite her aversion to him and her determination to return to the Highlands.
The adversary responsible for Alexa’s disappearance as a toddler still covets her fortune and joins forces with Harcourt’s arch nemesis. Amidst a series of suspicious misfortunes, Lucan endeavors to win Alexa’s love and expose the conspirators but only succeeds in reaffirming Alexa’s belief that she is inadequate to become his duchess.
Lucan, the Duke of Harcourt, promised his gravely ill mother he’d procure a wife by Christmastide, but intrigued by the feisty lass he saved in Scotland, he finds the haut ton ladies lacking. Spying Alexa at a London ball, he impulsively decides to make the knife-wielding gypsy his bride despite her aversion to him and her determination to return to the Highlands.
The adversary responsible for Alexa’s disappearance as a toddler still covets her fortune and joins forces with Harcourt’s arch nemesis. Amidst a series of suspicious misfortunes, Lucan endeavors to win Alexa’s love and expose the conspirators but only succeeds in reaffirming Alexa’s belief that she is inadequate to become his duchess.
After her rescue gypsy Tasara Faas' whole life changes. She discovers the only parents she remembers are not really related to her. Not even her name is her own. The gypsy tribe found her as a toddler all alone and took her in. During the rescue of another woman, who was being held by the same people as her, someone thinks she looks very much like someone they know. This worries the tribe , and the leader insists she must now leave to find her own family.
When Logan the Duke of Harcourt helped his friend rescue the woman who is now his wife, he is immediately attracted to the beautiful gypsy. When he next sees her she is walking into a ballroom as if she owns it.
Not everyone is happy with Alexa's reappearance. The more she tries to discover about her past, the more danger she is in.
A very good romance with an interesting helping of mystery and suspense. The characters have lots of depth ,and will keep you trying to work out what happened in the past. It is part of a series. While you could quite easily read it as a stand alone, it's better to have read the previous book.
Bestselling, award-winning author, Collette Cameron, has a BS in Liberal Studies and a Master's in Teaching. Author of the Castle Brides Series, Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series, and Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper series, Collette writes Regency and Scottish historicals and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and five mini-dachshunds. Mother to three and a self-proclaimed Cadbury Chocolate chocoholic, Collette loves a good joke, inspirational quotes, flowers, trivia, and all things shabby chic. You'll always find dogs, birds, quirky—sometimes naughty—humor, and a dash of inspiration in her novels. Her motto for life? You can’t have too much chocolate, too many hugs, or too many flowers. She’s thinking about adding shoes to that list. Collette’s a member of RWA, The Beau Monde, Hearts Through History, Celtic Hearts, Faith, Hope and Love, Inc., GSRW, and Rose City Romance Writers.
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