Duty isnβt all that drives himβ¦
David, Marquis of Blackwood, needs an heir, but his requirements in a wife are precise. Lady Nicola Wyndham appears to fit the billβsheβs older, likes country living, has managed her fatherβs household for some time and nothing detrimental is known about her.
But when he coolly proposes, Nicolaβs brief look of hurt prompts him to a sudden show of warmth. It gives Nicola hope that they might have a good marriage and she accepts. But she has a secretβwhich he is bound to find outβand which goes against every idea David has of his future wifeβ¦.