He tugged impatiently at his starched attachable collar and wished he could remove it and the tie that choked him without sending yet another tedious scandal rippling through the ton. “I cannot bear another minute of this charade,” Derek Eagan, the seventh Duke of Westwood, declared to his cohorts as they watched a simpering group of debutantes work the gilded ballroom. Will their bond survive his deception, not to mention the scorned Viscount’s pursuit? Most important, can Catherine fall in love all over again-this time with the Duke?ĭuchess by Deception (Gilded Series, Book 1) But as they fall passionately in love, Derek’s lie spins out of control. Yet, she is compelled to stay by the handsome, thoughtful man who introduces himself as the Duke’s estate manager.ĭerek realizes two things immediately: he is captivated by her delicate beauty, and to figure out what she was up to, Catherine must not know he is the Duke.

The last thing she wants is to be waylaid in a Duke’s home. Who suddenly faints at his feet.Ĭatherine McCabe’s disdain for the aristocracy has already led her to flee an arranged marriage with a boorish Viscount. But weary of tiresome debutantes, he seeks a respite at his country home in Essex-and encounters a man digging on his property. Derek & Catherine The clock is ticking for a wealthy Duke who must marry by his thirtieth birthday-or lose his title…ĭerek Eagan, the dashing Duke of Westwood, is well aware of his looming deadline.

Duchess by Deception by Marie Force