Deceiving the Viscount
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If you've been waiting for Garrett's and Frederica's story, here it is!
Garrett has given up pining for his sister's best friend. He has political ambitions and wants a woman who will help him achieve it. The only condition is that this woman not demand his heart in return for her hand in marriage.
Frederica has a son she needs to raise. She also has an absent father - who doesn't know she exists - that she needs to find to secure a good future for her son, far away from the prying eyes of the ton.
He didn't expect to run into her.
She didn't expect that he'd still care.
He knows that she is the last person he should get involved with.
She knows that they have no future together.
Will they get their happy ending?
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