The Duchess - Softcover

The daughter of the wealthiest man in England, a cynical Allegra Morgan accepts the proposal of the impoverished Quinton Hunter, Duke of Sedgwick, on the condition that her new husband will never ask for her love, a rule that both find increasingly difficult to honor, thanks to an unexpected passion and a dangerous mission that draws them into the perils of the French Revolution. Original. 75,000 first printing.

new novel, Bertrice Small has created a moving story of consuming passion and undeniable love set against the noble splendor of Georgian England. . . .

As the daughter of the richest man in England, Allegra Morgan attracts a number of fortune hunters willing to overlook her flawed pedigree to gain her enormous wealth. Her most ardent suitor is the arrogant but impoverished Quinton Hunter, duke of Sedgwick, who has little to offer a prospective wife except his grand title. Allegra decides that if she must marry, she might as well be a duchess. So she agrees to the match with one condition: her husband must never ask for her love. She has seen the misery love can cause and has vowed to give her heart to no man--especially a dangerously alluring duke.

Quinton is dazzled by his new wife's grace and fortitude, as well as the fierce desire that rages between them. Despite his best intentions, he finds himself falling in love with her. Then the terrors of the French Revolution hit