Lady Theodora Hasting has loved the Duke of Greystone since they were children. But Wesley has never seen her as anything more than a friend-and after losing her fiancé and her innocence, Thea has stopped waiting for him to figure it out. Instead, she spends her nights disguised as Kit Barton - a sharp-tongued card player who fleeces aristocrats at a London gaming hell. No chaperones. No matchmaking mothers.
No aching for a man who will never want her back. Then Wesley sits down at her card table. He doesn't recognize her. But night after night, he keeps coming back-losing his money, dropping his guard, and becoming the man she fell in love with years ago. The man he's been hiding beneath the weight of his title. When one reckless kiss shatters the careful distance between them, Thea gets everything she's ever wanted.
A betrothal. A future. Wesley's hands on her body and his name on her lips. But he still doesn't know the woman he's promised to marry is the same scruffy gambler who's been taking his money for weeks. And when the truth comes out, Thea will have to decide what matters more-the freedom she built for herself, or the love she's wanted her whole life. She shouldn't have to choose. But Wesley might not give her that option. Note: This book is part of the multi-author Wayward Duke's Alliance
Lady Theodora Hasting has loved the Duke of Greystone since they were children. But Wesley has never seen her as anything more than a friend-and after losing her fiancé and her innocence, Thea has stopped waiting for him to figure it out. Instead, she spends her nights disguised as Kit Barton - a sharp-tongued card player who fleeces aristocrats at a London gaming hell. No chaperones. No matchmaking mothers.
No aching for a man who will never want her back. Then Wesley sits down at her card table. He doesn't recognize her. But night after night, he keeps coming back-losing his money, dropping his guard, and becoming the man she fell in love with years ago. The man he's been hiding beneath the weight of his title. When one reckless kiss shatters the careful distance between them, Thea gets everything she's ever wanted.
A betrothal. A future. Wesley's hands on her body and his name on her lips. But he still doesn't know the woman he's promised to marry is the same scruffy gambler who's been taking his money for weeks. And when the truth comes out, Thea will have to decide what matters more-the freedom she built for herself, or the love she's wanted her whole life. She shouldn't have to choose. But Wesley might not give her that option. Note: This book is part of the multi-author Wayward Duke's Alliance