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[[Category:RWA Award Finalists]]
 
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[[Category:Regency]]
 
[[Category:Regency]]
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* '''Series''': [[Davenport]] #1
 
* '''Author''': [[Mary Jo Putney]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Mary Jo Putney]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Signet Regency]]
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* '''Publisher''': [[Signet Regency Romance]]
 
* '''Year''': 1987
 
* '''Year''': 1987
 
* '''Amazon Listing''' : []
 
* '''Amazon Listing''' : []
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Jason Kincaid, nineteenth Baron Radford, was devastatingly handsome, fabulously wealthy, and thoroughly ruthless. What he wanted, he got, and now what he wanted was to win a wager that he could make Miss Caroline Hanscombe his bride, after her name was drawn out of a hat.
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True, Caroline was an innocent compared to the baron. True, the ruling passion of her life was music, to which the baron turned a deaf ear. True, she found a perfect soul mate in the gallant Captain Richard Davenport, home from the wars and laying siege to her heart.
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But how could this chit of a girl defy the desires of this lord who so easily defeated her every defense as the day of her dreaded marriage came ever closer -- and her hopes of escape evaporated one by one...
  
 
== Recognitions ==  
 
== Recognitions ==  
 
* [[1988 Golden Medallion Winners & Finalists|1988 Golden Medallion Finalist]] for [[RITA®: Historical Romance Categories|Regency Romance]]
 
* [[1988 Golden Medallion Winners & Finalists|1988 Golden Medallion Finalist]] for [[RITA®: Historical Romance Categories|Regency Romance]]

Revision as of 01:53, 28 July 2021

Jason Kincaid, nineteenth Baron Radford, was devastatingly handsome, fabulously wealthy, and thoroughly ruthless. What he wanted, he got, and now what he wanted was to win a wager that he could make Miss Caroline Hanscombe his bride, after her name was drawn out of a hat.

True, Caroline was an innocent compared to the baron. True, the ruling passion of her life was music, to which the baron turned a deaf ear. True, she found a perfect soul mate in the gallant Captain Richard Davenport, home from the wars and laying siege to her heart.

But how could this chit of a girl defy the desires of this lord who so easily defeated her every defense as the day of her dreaded marriage came ever closer -- and her hopes of escape evaporated one by one...

Recognitions