Second Dances
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Lady Charlotte would rather stay buried behind a book than marry for anything short of love. She's turned down every proposal that's come her way despite a dowry that grows with each failed season as incentive for someone, anyone, to marry her, much to her father's ire. For what is Life without Love?
Holland Wesley, Earl of Kimberly, has no time for wife hunting. He'd rather be playing cards in an unreputable gaming hell than twirling around ballrooms to catch the eye of an heiress rich enough to save his family name from drowning in debt, or so it would seem.
But a chance meeting and a single dance might just change the fates of this most unlikely pairing, proving to each other that first impressions can be misleading and life is all about Second Dances.
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