The Pompous Dukes Predicament

Miss Esme Hurst has never been interested in marrying nobility, she doesn't believe in marriage of convenience, she wants to marry for love and has strong romantic aspirations. With her two older sisters married into unhappy marriages with good fortune, Esme's parents put pressure upon her to marry and persuade her to attend the ball to be held at Hatfield House. Esme lays eyes on the handsome, but arrogant and haughty Duke Edward Fitzwilliam of Staffordshire and spends the night dancing in his arms. But things change when she overhears him denigrate her terribly. Duke Edward Fitzwilliam intends to take a wife of good breeding, unblemished pedigree as well as vast fortune......until he encounters the delightful and winsome Miss Esme Hurst, can the Duke dismiss his prejudice? An unpleasant episode with the abominable Marcus Clay changes the hearts of both Esme and Edward, but is this change for the better? A delightful story full of misunderstanding, romantic twists and gripping escapade from the pen of Elizabeth Downton...

• | Author: Elizabeth Downton
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 84 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1537765965
• | ISBN-13: 9781537765969