Deirdre, determined to be the first of her cousins to marry a duke and thus inherit the family fortune, seizes the opportunity to wed Calder Marbrook after he is abandoned at the altar, but she soon discovers that her new husband has a shocking secret.
Pheobe Millbury must marry a duke--before her two cousins do--in order to inherit the family fortune, but the vicar's daughter finds herself torn between the wealthy Calder and his illegitimate but captivating younger brother Rafe.