Marriage Made in Heaven

The Duke of Buckhurst, handsome, wealthy, a brilliant horseman andknown to everyone as ?Buck? has sworn that he will never marry.Cutting a swathe through the sophisticated beauties of the BeauMonde, who are drawn to his sardonic charm like social butterflies toa bright light, he has only one requirement for his amours ? that they are safely married to someone else. That is until he discovers thathis heir apparent, his dissolute cousin Edmund, has married anactress.Horrified that a common showgirl will become the nextDuchess and bring his family name into disrepute, the Duke is forcedby his family into finding a bride. Bored by the very thought of being tied to a young, inexperienced young woman, he sets his loyal sisters the daunting task of choosing a suitable wife within the month, sothat he can be married before the Royal races at Ascot. With timerunning out, Buck?s sisters are in despair ? until they meet LadySamala Wynn, the daughter of the honorable but impoverished Earl ofKenwyn. Lovely, innocent and angel-faced, she seems the ideal bride,but can they persuade her to marry their rakish brother, Buck? ForSamala is a young woman with her own ideas about marriage ? and theyinclude love and romance. But can a marriage between twostrangers, built on a foundation of the groom?s resentment and thebride?s family duty, ever bring happiness and love? As the Duke,furious at the prospect of losing his freedom, dallies with the latest married woman to fall all too eagerly into his arms and Samalaworries how her beloved father will cope living alone in his crumbling estate, it seems that this is a match that is doomed to bring nothing but sadness.