Hazard
(Jo Beverley)
A soldier of fortune teaches a duke?s daughter that the game of love has its own rules.Lady Anne Peckworth, pampered third daughter of the Duke of Arran, is everything a Lady should be. Beautiful, sweet tempered and just a little shy, she is also heir to a respectable fortune. Perfect in every way, she is the kind of woman men put on a pedestal. Some would say she is almost a saint. A pedestal is a lonely place. Saints can be intimidating. Maybe that is why she has been jilted twice in six months by wealthy, handsome, titled gentlemen. What could she be doing wrong? Perhaps the old saying that nice girls finish last is true. Maybe the time has come to take off the gloves (literally).Twice burned, thrice shy; Anne decides she might be looking for love in all the wrong places (among the aristocracy) and sets her sights a little lower on the social scale. Soldiers are just barely respectable, in an edgy sort of way. But how does a nice girl get a military man?s attention? She asks her brother?s secretary to give her some assistance.A simple soldier, Race De Vere has neither title nor fortune to offer a lady. What he has is experience at games of chance. He is neither easily intimidated nor afraid of heights. Race agrees to help Anne as a favor to a friend (who feels guilty for leaving her in the first place). Then he starts to notice a few things the society gentlemen missed.Love is not a game for the faint of heart. Race is no saint and Anne is about to climb down from her pedestal.
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