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A runaway bride dumps a duke and rewrites her own love story in this enchanting Victorian historical romance from the author ofThe Duke Undone

Pretty and pampered Lavinia Yardley always dreamed of becoming a duchess But family disgraceforces herinto marriage with the most vile duke in England and she finds herselfdesperate for a way out When arustic stranger mistakes her for globetrotting botanist Muriel Pendrake at atrain station Lavinia has a split second to decide whether to submit to her fate or steal someone elses

Neal Traymayne spent his youth traveling the world as VarnhamNurserysmost daring plant hunter Now he runs the nursery and is ready to settle down with a likeminded wife wholl fit right in with his large happy downtoearth family His correspondence with Muriel Pendrake proved theyre the perfect match Odd that the woman in the flesh seems more like a society belle than a scientist

As they tramp the Cornish moors together Lavinia and Neal discover a wild and rare desire But this blossoming love is rooted in lies and when the real Muriel Pendrake shows up they cant hide from who they are The truth may wither their hopes of happiness or it may bloom into the sweetest love of all