Rose by Another Name

Her worth decided over a game of cards, Lady Rosalyn Hayes has accepted her future. She will marry a duke she doesn¿t know to protect her sisters¿ reputations. But when a year of preparation for her debut vanishes in the blink of an eye, Rose flees her gilded cage in search of unrestrained adventure. Lord Robert Phillip Clarence, Duke of Brighton, lives a life of debauchery far from his country estate, and even farther from the lady he must marry in order to restore his family¿s...
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Her worth decided over a game of cards, Lady Rosalyn Hayes has accepted her future. She will marry a duke she doesn¿t know to protect her sisters¿ reputations. But when a year of preparation for her debut vanishes in the blink of an eye, Rose flees her gilded cage in search of unrestrained adventure. Lord Robert Phillip Clarence, Duke of Brighton, lives a life of debauchery far from his country estate, and even farther from the lady he must marry in order to restore his family¿s ancestral lands. But when he is summoned home to meet his future wife, he realizes he hasn¿t lived at all. Rose and Robert do not meet when their eyes lock across a ballroom swathed in candlelight. They do not meet amid fine clothes, genteel manners, debonair charm, and chaperones. They meet, alone, upon Rose¿s near death. It is this near-death experience that catapults the two nobles, disguised as servants, towards a romance that seems destined for failure. They think they know each other. But when their true identities are revealed at a house party, will they live happily ever after or will the ton be shocked to see a lady run?