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The Pretender
Jaclyn Reding
The last thing Douglas Dubh MacKinnon needed was a wife,
particularly a headstrong, pampered "princess" whose father
is one of the most powerful dukes in England. After all,
Douglas is already promised to wed another... a union that
was to have put an end to a bitter centuries-old clan feud. Lady Elizabeth Drayton doesn't wish to be married to
Douglas any more than he wishes to be wed to her. Still,
she agrees to her father's stipulation that they live as
husband and wife—in all ways but one—for a period of two
months. She has the duke's word that when this "temporary"
marriage is annulled, she will be given her freedom,
allowed to live the rest of her life by her own terms... In the wake of the Jacobite's final attempt to restore the
Stuarts to the royal throne, a prince is running for his
life in the isles...and two strangers who should have been
enemies, are thrown together by chance. They soon discover,
however, that appearances aren't always what they seem,
leaving them both to wonder...
just who is the deceived—and who is the deceiver?
Signet, March 2002
ISBN #0451204166 320 pages Paperback $6.50
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