Description:A handsome Duke determined to escape a love less marriage..
Robert Penrose the Duke of Cornwall is a handsome ex-military soldier with a muscular physique and an iron will to match. When a tragedy hits his family with the sudden death of his father, he is forced to leave the army.
Unfortunately, his mother Lady Louise Cornwall, has been left with a large gambling debt to pay off debtors. The only solution is for Robert to marry Lady Emily Mountford, a rich spoilt heiress. Her substantial dowry would clear the debt and elevate the Cornwall family’s fortunes.
However, Robert is opposed to the union and pines for his first love - the army. His mother delivers an ultimatum – if he can’t pay off the debt himself, he must marry Lady Emily Mountford in thirty days!
A beautiful harlot looking for love in the wrong places..
Mary Kelly is an attractive brunette employed as a high-class courtesan to wealthy gentlemen in London. She hopes to escape her vice ridden life and return home to Ireland one day. Mary came to London two years ago as a respectable governess to a wealthy family in London.
Unfortunately, the father of the young boy she tutored began to make amorous advances towards her. Although Mary made it clear his behaviour was not appropriate it continued. One night he came into her bedroom and attacked her against her will.
When she threatened to tell his wife she was thrown onto the streets with no money or reference. To make ends meet Mary was forced to work as a harlot in the vice ridden docks near the river Thames.
When they meet sparks fly..
When Robert and Mary meet in the middle of a highwayman raid sparks fly. She is a beautiful courtesan wishing to escape her vice ridden life. He is a handsome Duke wishing to escape a love less marriage to a rich spoilt heiress.
Can true love conquer the prejudice of class, scandal and vice?