Catch A Duke If You Can
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Last published Fri, Aug 28, 2026
He was on a mission...
The once elusive but now disgraced Duke of Windmere, Leander Bethencourt was headed straight towards his ruination and soon if he didn't marry an heiress and quickly. After trying to pull himself out the mess his uncle made in spite of his father, one unmistakable miscalculation on the gaming table would cost him so much more than the very little he held to his name.
To win some and lose some...
Sylvestra Ballentine, who was almost half shock and half delight. An heiress with hidden depths in her wayward thinking and hellion ways. Until, her father wins her a Duke! Yet she is only willing to marry for love and she wouldn't be persuaded otherwise.
Now they both were caught...
Only if Sylvie and Leo both knew after taking one look at one another the catch would be very well worth the chase, indeed.
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