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A Fake Betrothal For The Duke/Rescued By The Rakish Lord

By Sarah Mallory and Eva Shepherd
Series: Wayward Wallflowers
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A Fake Betrothal For The Duke - Eva Shepherd Suddenly engaged... to a man she’d never marry! Miss Margaret is dreading her fourth season and her mother’s relentless matchmaking. Until none other than rakish Jacob Ashford, the duke she loves to hate, shocks her with a... Read More
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A Fake Betrothal For The Duke - Eva Shepherd

Suddenly engaged... to a man she’d never marry!

Miss Margaret is dreading her fourth season and her mother’s relentless matchmaking. Until none other than rakish Jacob Ashford, the duke she loves to hate, shocks her with a plan that could benefit them both...

With scandal on the horizon, Jacob needs a veneer of respectability, which a fake engagement guarantees! And who better to be his fiancée than the wallflower who can’t stand him and will never want to wed him for real? Yet he’s captivated by Margaret’s wit and honesty and, when they’re caught in an unexpectedly passionate kiss, their bluff is about to be called!

Rescued By The Rakish Lord - Sarah Mallory

‘A man of such dubious reputation... that he was called Devil Blackbourne!’

When Lord Deveril Blackbourne meets Selina Wynter, he is intrigued. For she has all the accomplishments of a lady, but the fiery temper and spirit of a tavern maid! Then she is abducted by a dastardly suitor, and Deveril — for all his roguish reputation — can’t stand idly by...

Lord Deveril is Selina’s least likely rescuer, but when they’re stranded together in a snowstorm and her reputation is at risk, he surprises her with a gallant proposal! Deveril’s no honourable suitor, yet his actions say otherwise... just who is the real Devil Blackbourne? Selina’s determined to find out!

Series: Wayward Wallflowers

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    A Fake Betrothal For The Duke/Rescued By The Rakish Lord
    A Fake Betrothal For The Duke - Eva Shepherd Suddenly engaged... to a man she’d never marry! Miss Margaret is dreading her fourth season and her mother’s relentless matchmaking. Until none other than rakish Jacob Ashford, the duke she loves to hate, shocks her with a plan that could benefit them both... With scandal on the horizon, Jacob needs a...
    By Sarah Mallory and Eva Shepherd
    Paperback
    $1999
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    A Mistletoe Match For The Earl - Eva Shepherd Snowed in with the new Earl... After a disastrous Season, Alice has given up on marriage for herself, but not for her friends. This Christmas, she’ll matchmake her friend with a neighbouring Earl. Only when Alice calls upon him, she finds James a changed man — scarred, brooding, grumpy! And now...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781038974709

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 April 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Mills & Boon Historical

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 332g

Pages: 448

Collections

Eva Shepherd Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Historical Romance Romance Sarah Mallory Series: Wayward Wallflowers

About the Author

Sarah Mallory lives in an old farmhouse on the edge of the Yorkshire Pennines and writes historical romantic adventures.  She has had over 20 books published and her Harlequin Historicals have won the  RoNA Rose Award in 2012 and 2013.  Sarah loves to hear from readers! Contact her via her website at: www.sarahmallory.com

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