Blackmailing a Marquess
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Lady Elizabeth Kincaid is tired of her same expected routine. With her first season quickly approaching and the stress her mother is putting on her for finding a husband, Elizabeth wants nothing more than an escape. Dreaming of an adventure that she knows she will never have, she continues on as always. That is until her "breaking point". When she comes into possession of a very important item belonging to the temperamental Marquess of Queensberry, Nicholas Ravenhurst. Knowing Nicholas must deliver this item, Elizabeth takes her chances and uses it to her advantage. Refusing to give it back unless he takes her along with him, Nicholas has no choice but to drag the Lady along. But the journey isn’t as easy as it seems, with dangers ahead of them neither one would imagine. The possibility of both of them retuning home is becoming slimmer and slimmer.
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Elizabeth was always a happy girl and loved her family, even when things get ulgy. With he school behind her back she started to travel around a lot with her father, until a terrible fate was thrown appon Elizabeth's family. She also meets a sweet Irishman along the way of her troubled life. The second she brings him home, to let him meet her family caos errupts. Will this incident tear her family apart or make them stronger? Will this make Elizabeth choose between her family or the person she loves the most? Read more and find out what My Heart for Yours leads to.
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