The Rake's Bride

Adrianna Hopkins, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hopkins is used to toiling all day long. Her guardians have always worked her pitiless, for as long as she can remember. She only wishes she could remember a time when her parents loved her.

Lonely, she is naturally suspicious of people in general, including Lord Roger Blackmore, the Marquess of Manford, son of the Duke of Daventry. He, however, takes an immediate fancy to her.

But social norms dictates that they cannot be together. With both the Duke ...