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    BLACKWOOD'S LADY
    BLACKWOOD'S LADY
    BLACKWOOD'S LADY
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    BLACKWOOD'S LADY

    By Gail Whitiker

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    Duty isn’t all that drives him

    David, Marquis of Blackwood, needs an heir, but his requirements in a wife are precise. Lady Nicola Wyndham appears to fit the billshe’s older, likes country living, has managed her father’s household for some time and nothing detrimental is known about her.

    But when he coolly proposes, Nicola’s brief look of hurt prompts him to a sudden show of warmth. It gives Nicola hope that they might have a good marriage and she accepts. But she has a secretwhich he is bound to find outand which goes against every idea David has of his future wife .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin Historical
    Release dateFeb 15, 2012
    ISBN9781459231658
    BLACKWOOD'S LADY
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    Gail Whitiker

    Gail Whitiker is the award winning author of 18 historical and contemporary novels. Her books have been distributed in over 28 countries and translated into almost as many languages, though she is still waiting to see one published in her native Welsh! She currently lives on the West Coast of Canada. Visit her website at www.gailwhitiker.com . 

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