They call him the Doomed Duke.
The countess is not interested in Phin romantically, but when she comes to him with another reques.
He\'s intrigued by her and determined to seduce her.
The beautiful widow isn\'t at all what Phin expected.
After all, he had four-count them-four older brothers Phin never wanted the dukedom, and the suspicious circumstances of the eighth duke\'s death lead Phin to question the Countess of Longstowe.
Phineas Duncombe, ninth Duke of Mayne, should not be the duke.
They call him the Doomed Duke