“I will help your sister… if you agree to marry me.”

With her father behind bars and her brother having fled the country, Penelope is left to fend for herself and her sister. And she would do anything for a chance to escape this impoverished life.
The Duke of Huxton has no qualms about putting his family’s murderer in prison. And yet, revenge does not seem to satisfy his black heart. Until his adversary’s daughter walks into his study, determined to make him pay.
Desperate and destitute, Penelope turns to the very man responsible for her family’s ruination. But...

“I will help your sister… if you agree to marry me.”

With her father behind bars and her brother having fled the country, Penelope is left to fend for herself and her sister. And she would do anything for a chance to escape this impoverished life.
The Duke of Huxton has no qualms about putting his family’s murderer in prison. And yet, revenge does not seem to satisfy his black heart. Until his adversary’s daughter walks into his study, determined to make him pay.
Desperate and destitute, Penelope turns to the very man responsible for her family’s ruination. But she never expected the Cruel Duke to make her such an outlandish offer: Her hand in marriage in exchange for her sister’s future…

In this Regency Romance by bestselling and award-winning author Loretta Levine, a desperate lady matches wits with a Duke so cruel she never expected to fall so madly in love with.