02271cam a2200409 i 4500 1855918027 TxAuBib 20190722120000.0 150114|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014472007 9780515151312 paperback 0515151319 paperback M$K eng M$K YDXCP BTCTA WIM TE7 IEP rda SINLB OCLCO AU@ DLC TxAuBib rda Hunter, Madeline. The accidental duchess / Madeline Hunter. Jove mass-market edition. New York, New York : Berkley Publishing Group, June 2014. 389 pages ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Fairbourne Quartet ; ; 4 Jove Book, A Jove Books "Jove historical romance"--Spine. "When Lady Lydia Thornton is blackmailed over the shocking contents of a manuscript she once wrote, she must go to the most desperate of measures to raise the money to buy back the ill-considered prose: agreeing to an old wager posed by the arrogant, dangerous Duke of Penthurst. At least Penthurst is a man she wouldn't mind fleecing--and she's confident she'll win. Penthurst long ago concluded Lydia was a woman in search of ruinous adventure, but even he is surprised when she arrives at his house ready to bet her innocence against his ten thousand pounds--a wager he only proposed to warn her off gambling. When she loses to a simple draw of the cards, Lydia is shocked. Now, her problems are twofold: a blackmailer determined to see her pay and a duke determined to tame her rebellious ways. One misstep and Lydia could find herself ruined--or bound to the seductive man who would make her his duchess" -- from author's web page. 20190722. CDPC522. Nobility Fiction. Extortion Fiction. Love stories. Historical fiction. Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress). Fairbourne Quartet ; ; 4. A Jove Book. Jove Books.