Resumo de The Perfect Kiss

A bold beauty pretends to be a paid companion when her shy friend goes to an impoverished estate to meet her reluctant fiancé. The widow Merridew had promised that each of her five daughters would marry for love and live happily ever after. They all believed her, even after their brutal Grandfather gained custody and tried to steal their inheritance. The sisters managed to thwart him and eventually escaped to live with their Great Uncle Oswald who never had children of his own. He adored the girls and took his responsibilities as a guardian very seriously. They were soon dubbed the Virtue Sisters by polite society.Sensible Prudence surprised everyone when she married an irrepressible (and very rich) rake. Then outgoing Charity married a very shy Duke. Exuberant Hope married a stoic tradesman and demure Faith married a reckless soldier. Never had four such similar sisters married four such different men, all of whom were perfect for each other.Dominic Wolfe seems to be arrogant, cold and insensitive; just like his father. Lord Wolfe had been married to his business long before he took a wife. Any passion he possessed he reserved for his wealth. The elder Wolfe never showed the slightest affection toward his wife or his son; but he did enjoy controlling every aspect of his son?s life. Lord Wolfe and Sir John Pettifer arranged a betrothal between their heirs shortly after the children were born. According to Lord Wolfe?s will, Dom must marry in order to inherit the Wolfe estate. After Lord Wolfe?s funeral, Sir John and his daughter Melanie travel to Wolfestone to finalize wedding arrangements.Dominic does not want the estate, but knows he cannot honorably refuse to marry Melanie. He is more attracted to her companion, an adorable spitfire who seems more of a lady than a servant. He decides to convince Sir John to call off the wedding. No father would allow his daughter to marry a man who flirts with the paid companion of his future bride.Grace Merridew has always despised bullies. Her grandfather had been a bully. Sir John Pettifer who was forcing his only daughter (and Grace?s best friend) to marry a man she had never met was a bully and Dominic Wolfe who did not even pretend to care about the woman he was going to marry was most definitely a bully. Unwilling to allow her friend to walk into the lion?s den (or rather the wolf?s den) alone, Grace decided to come with the Pettifers when they go to the Wolfe estate to finalize the marriage contracts. As arrogant and obnoxious as Dominic pretends to be, Grace is reluctantly attracted to her friend?s fiancé. She is positive that somewhere underneath that rude gruff exterior is a hurt little boy. Grace has never been able to walk away from anyone who needed help.Each of Grace?s four beautiful, talented older sisters had managed to marry wealthy, titled Gentlemen who were madly in love with them, just as Momma had promised. The last Virtue Sister is about to learn whether the truth is in his kiss.

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