The Ugly Duchess

The honorable Catriona Upton is as plain as a post with a big kind heart and an equally large fortune that marks her as a pawn -----and wary of love. Her worst fears are realized when her father announces that she is to be married to the insufferable, rakish and impossible Lucas, Lord Hunt, London's most eligible bachelor.

When Lucas is informed that he was promised to Lady Catriona, the "ugly duckling" as society had dubbed her, since birth he is furious and shocked. But a promise is a promise and he is honor bound to go through with the marriage, although reluctantly.

When the two meet they share an instant dislike for one another. But their constant arguing masks a mutual attraction. And Lucas soon finds himself intrigued and infernally tempted by his wife who he is beginning to care deeply for.
But when danger arrives, it threatens to tear them apart, unless these two wary lovers can find a way to work together....