Short Synopsis
Lydia Drake presents Book 1 in the Cinderella and the Duke series. Contains mature themes.

Full Synopsis
Miss Julia Beaumont has exactly one night to find herself a husband . . .

The Weatherford Ball is the last chance Julia Beaumont has to escape the clutches of her horrid stepmother. Any potential husband will do—rich, poor, even a reasonably well-groomed walrus. But all of Julia's matrimonial chances are completely obliterated . . . thanks to the actions of an infuriating and utterly rakish duke.

Gregory Carter, Duke of Ashworth, would never risk his cherished bachelorhood by flirting with marriage-starved debutantes. But one look at the luscious and refreshingly clever Julia, and he simply can't resist a stolen kiss—scandal be damned. Then just as things start getting deliciously interesting, the lady flees . . . leaving only a slipper behind.

And it must have been one dandy of a kiss. Because now Julia has proposed to him. After all, the lady needs a husband, and this roguish duke will certainly do. It's simply a matter of making him the perfect scandalous offer . . .

Contains mature themes.