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He is single-minded, insanely passionate, jaded and driven by want. She is young, naive, bookish and utterly unaware.
What happens when a man who is a dream boat to ton's women, decides to go after the one girl who is not 'interested.' Will he be able to win her over despite her initial disregard? Or will he suffer at her hands and live through the pain of unrequited love?
A lovely romance set in English countryside, depicting the complex nature of love, relationships and affection.
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"You know you are not an ugly man," she was telling him that she knew he was very sure of his striking appearance.
"Do I?"
"Well, don't you?" she replied rhetorically.
"I suppose I do but my charms don't work on you Francesca," she detected a note of regret in his voice.
"Why is that of any concern?"
"I would have thought It'd be obvious..." he let the sentence hang, he wished it would make her realize something.
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