The Duke's Indecent Purchase but nothing seems to work

but nothing seems to work

and dreamy shadow-haunted romance

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And when Briar's hidden connection to Roman's mission is exposed

The Duke's Indecent Purchase but nothing seems to workThe only thing Lady Johanna has in abundance is desperation and she is willing to do far worse things than marry a duke to save her family. Lady Johanna's brother, the young and impoverished Earl of Falmouth, cannot support the family. With no marriage prospects of her own, Lady Johanna has little hope of saving her mother and siblings from slow starvation until her brother's guardian offers to secretly send her to auction at a bawdy house. The