Loved by a Dangerous Duke

Is she desperate enough to marry a man she loathes? Sadly, yes He always has his way Stanford is aware of his nickname, The Dangerous Dukeand it suits him just fine. Inheriting a bankrupt dukedom and rebuilding it taught him just how useless niceties were. Except now, hes ready to choose a duchess, and the only one he deems suitable (and enticing) enough despises him. Perhaps he should reconsider the value of niceties Shes a most reluctant bride Ophelia Breckensole knows what she wants, and it is not Stanford. But fate plays into his hand when she finds herself unwittingly compromised. Now, she must wed or face ruinationand Stanford is only too pleased to help. So, shell marry him, but she wont love him. Or so she keeps telling herself But Stanford and Ophelia have much more to overcome on their path to happily ever after than his austere nature and her vow to never love her husband. Stanfords enemies are determined to make him pay for his past, and theyre [...]willing to use Ophelia to do it. Can this fragile union survive such an onslaught?