Cover of Three Weeks with Lady X (Desperate Duchesses, #7; Desperate Duchesses by the Numbers, #1)

Three Weeks with Lady X

Eloisa James

Desperate Duchesses #7

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A self-made bastard heir hires a society lady to polish him for marriage — and wants her instead.

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Having made a fortune, Thorn Dautry, the powerful bastard son of a duke, decides that he needs a wife. But to marry a lady, Thorn must acquire a gleaming, civilized façade, the specialty of Lady Xenobia India. Exquisite, head-strong, and independent, India vows to make Thorn marriageable in just three weeks. But neither Thorn nor India anticipate the forbidden passion that explodes between them. Thorn will stop at nothing to make India his. Failure is not an option. But there is only one thing that will make India his . . . the one thing Thorn can't afford to lose . . . his fierce and lawless heart.

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