Quite The Contrary.
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Last published Fri, Jul 12, 2013
At a decade and seven years, Madeleine Scotsdale is a beauty and quite a catch. She is endowed with a fair allowance and yet, she is into her second season having not received a proposal good enough to accept. A chance of fate throws at her a man who confuses her and yet something about him pulls her in, stronger than gravity. But when her childhood sweetheart, Lord Dimsum propositions for her hand, what will this innocent belle do? Torn between love and something a little more deep Madeleine shall have to chose, with no room for mistake.
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