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The Duel
Barbara Metzger

From the award-winning author of A Perfect Gentleman and Wedded Bliss comes an enchanting tale about an imperfect earl and the picture perfect woman who teaches him that love is always worth fighting for…

If only he could go back in time. Then Ian, the Earl of Marden, would not have dueled, and he would not have hit an innocent bystander—a sickly lad, no less. And he certainly would never have brought the boy’s sister, Athena Renslow, to stay at his house without a chaperone.

Now, on top of it all, the nineteen-year-old beauty is under the mistaken impression that Ian is the gentle hero who rescued her brother—instead of the rogue who practically killed him…

Unable to find her a respectable duenna, Ian resolves to do the honorable thing. But Athena won’t let the wealthy, handsome bachelor sacrifice everything by marrying a country nobody, despite the urgings of both their families—and the desire of both their hearts…

Signet (Eclipse), February 2005
ISBN #0451213890
352 pages Paperback
$6.50