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Оглавление“I have no evil designs against your virginal body.”
Julia was not sure why his words filled her with such cold. “Then you are speaking of a marriage in appearance only?”
“Certainly. What else could possibly be between us?” Deverel asked.
“Nothing, of course,” she answered. “Is that what you want—to tie yourself to a loveless marriage?”
“It’s not a question of what I want. Or of what you want. It is a question of what we have to do. Or do you not believe that you have a certain duty to your family?”
“Of course I believe I have a duty to them.”
She had sworn she could not marry the man who had ruined her brother—but had he really been responsible for that? Everything inside her quailed at the idea of facing a lifetime in a loveless, even antagonistic marriage. Yet she knew that to refuse to do it would be the act of a coward.
Julia looked Deverel squarely in the eyes. “All right,” she said. “I will marry you.”
“A smart, fun-filled romp.”
—Publishers Weekly on Impetuous
