An Inkpot and a Dowry for the Marchioness

He had loved her from the sidelines all her life…

Miss Claire Rowley is perfectly aware of the scornful looks that follow her wherever she goes. Determined not to let society hold her back, she dreams of one day becoming an accomplished architect. Oliver Slade, Duke of Minbury, owes everything to his deceased parents’ closest friends. A debt he feels he’s repaying with betrayal when he falls hopelessly in love with the one lady who is entirely off limits: their own daughter. With a substantial dowry to her name, Claire has suitors hounding her like prey. And amongst them all, a...

He had loved her from the sidelines all her life…

Miss Claire Rowley is perfectly aware of the scornful looks that follow her wherever she goes. Determined not to let society hold her back, she dreams of one day becoming an accomplished architect. Oliver Slade, Duke of Minbury, owes everything to his deceased parents’ closest friends. A debt he feels he’s repaying with betrayal when he falls hopelessly in love with the one lady who is entirely off limits: their own daughter. With a substantial dowry to her name, Claire has suitors hounding her like prey. And amongst them all, a single hunter lies in wait. Determined to heed her heart’s cry, Claire rushes to Oliver. The only thing she finds is a note tied to a rock on a bed of broken glass. The same rock that just might pull her to her death.