When Beatrice Halloway’s brother gambles away their last farthing, she’s forced into a scandalous sham engagement with the cold, formidable Duke of Ravenel—an arrangement meant to save her family and salvage his political ambitions. But as their carefully negotiated lie deepens, Beatrice begins to uncover the passion beneath Julian’s icy reserve, and the pretense grows dangerously real. In a world ruled by appearances, both must decide whether their improper proposal is a calculated mistake—or the truest thing they’ve ever known. Free on Kindle.















































