Lady Ellie Swift learned at an early age that men were more trouble than theyβre worth. Now sheβs all grown up and is the toast of society. Only she has secret ambitions to run her brotherβs infamous gambling establishmentβthe Raven Club. Everything is progressing as planned until the man who broke
How to Best a Marquess
β Scribed by Janna MacGregor
- Book ID
- 111371537
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 666 KB
- Series
- The Widow Rules 03
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781250761644
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Beth Howell needs to find her dowry, post haste. After her good-for-nothing first husband married her--and two other women, unbeknownst to them all--she's left financially ruined and relegated to living with her brother, who cares more for his horses than he does his blood relatives. If Beth fails to acquire her funds, her brother will force her to marry someone fifty years her senior and missing half his teeth. She'd prefer to avoid that dreadful fate. But her now-deceased husband, Meri, absconded with her money mere days after their illegitimate marriage. To find it, Beth will have to leave town and retrace Meri's steps if she's to take her future into her own hands.
Julian Raleah, Marquess of Grayson, cares not a whit for social norms and generally growls at anyone in his path. Grayson has had a heart of stone ever since his engagement to Beth Howell went down in flames--long before she married that cad, Meri, and sealed her own fate for good. But now she's...
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