The next fabulous romance by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James.
Having made a fortune, Thorn Dautry, the powerful bastard son of a duke, decides that he needs a wife. But to marry a lady, Thorn must acquire a gleaming, civilized façade, the specialty of Lady Xenobia India.
Exquisite, headstrong, and independent, India vows to make Thorn marriageable in just three weeks.
But neither Thorn nor India anticipate the forbidden passion that explodes between them.
Thorn will stop at nothing to make India his. Failure is not an option.
But there is only one thing that will make India his . . . the one thing Thorn can't afford to lose . . . his fierce and lawless heart.
About the Author :
Eloisa James is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author and professor of English literature, who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight.
Susan Duerden is an actress and an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. Her reading of The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht earned her an AudioFile Best Voice Award and a Booklist Editors' Choice Award. She has won ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. Here career spans film, television, theater, voice-overs, and animation. She has played critically acclaimed and award-winning theatrical roles on London's West End and Off Broadway; acted in the features Lovewrecked and Flushed Away; and held a recurring role on ABC's Lost.
Review :
"Sharp, smart protagonists, dazzling in everything but love, eventually sort things out in this witty, deliciously sexy charmer."
-- "Library Journal (starred review)"
"Star romance author James revisits her bestselling Desperate Duchesses series with this compelling and passionate book...India and Thorn are complex, intriguing, and endearing, and their romance enchants. Secondary characters enhance the emotional stakes, and fans will enjoy another peek at popular hero Villiers and his wife, Eleanor. Emotionally rewarding and elegantly written, with textured characters and a captivating plot, this is James at her best."
-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"