Velvet Dreams — Patricia Werner

SOME VOWS...

Amanda Whitney's mother is determined to marry her fiercely independent daughter off -- preferably to a title. But Amanda harbors dreams of romance, and vows she will only wed for love. Edward Pemberton, the Duke of Sunderland, has sworn off love forever. He is short of funds, and has come to America, quite simply, to marry an heiress.

...ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN

They couldn't be more wrong for each other. Yet he is irresistibly intrigued by her spirited beauty and she finds his rakish charms impossible to resist. From the gilded ballrooms of New York to the magnificent estates of Newport, from the dazzling salons of Paris to exotic Monte Carlo, they become partners in a dizzying dance of desire -- bound by a love stronger than any fantasy...