An Unexpected Bride

Hope Edwards has lived a life of her father's choosing and rebels when he orders her to marry a man she abhors. She is feisty, tender and has a heart full of dreams that she has only recently gained the courage to fulfill. The unfortunate thing is that she never quite figures out how to stop rebelling. Robert Stanton, the ninth duke of Riverton, lives only for revenge and has vowed to never marry. He is dashing, conceited, angry and trusts no one, least of all himself. He makes women swoon and men wince with one icy glance, flaunts his mistresses and gives half his money to the poor. He has never been rejected by a woman...until he meets Miss Edwards.