Heartbreak and Honor

Abducted by a band of renegade Scots, Highland gypsy Tasara Faas blackens her rescuer�s eye when the charming duke attempts to steal a kiss. Afterward, Tasara learns she�s the long-lost heiress Alexandra Atterberry and is expected to take her place among the elite society she�s always disdained. Lucan, the Duke of Harcourt, promised his gravely ill mother he�d procure a wife by Christmastide, but intrigued by the feisty lass he saved in Scotland, he finds the haut ton ladies lacking. Spying Alexa at a London ball, he impulsively decides to make the knife-wielding gypsy his bride despite her aversion to him and her determination to return to the Highlands. The adversary responsible for Alexa�s disappearance as a toddler still covets her fortune and joins forces with Harcourt�s arch nemesis. Amidst a series of suspicious misfortunes, Lucan endeavors to win Alexa�s love and expose the conspirators but only succeeds in reaffirming Alexa�s belief that she is inadequate to become his duchess. ** Review "... very fun� historical... characters are well flushed out and **very� *likable ." �~ BTSE Magazine*