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The Duchess Deal
Tessa Dare
2017
Slightly Married
Mary Balogh · 2003
342 pages
Colonel Aidan Bedwyn promises a dying soldier that he will protect the man's sister. To honour that vow he marries Eve Morris in name only, keeping her home safe. What begins as a cold bargain between two strangers slowly softens into affection and love.
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Regency England, Marriage of Convenience, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining
