After sleeping off a night\'s drunken shenanigans, Duke of Autenberry sees a woman being auctioned in the village square.
However, on a journey fraught with misadventure, their attraction grows and Marcus realizes he\'ll do anything to keep this fiery woman for his own..
Marcus doesn\'t know what to do with the impertinent chit who clearly isn\'t duchess material Insisting their marriage isn\'t legitimate, they leave for his estate in Scotland, hoping to devise a plan to get rid of each other. . .
The road to ruin .
But the appearance of a wicked, wealthy stranger changes her path forever.
Alyse Bell is almost rid of the shackles that bound her in a name-only marriage, but the day her friend promised to purchase her in a wife auction, he vanishes, leaving her to face a mob of unsavory bachelors intent on owning her body and soul. . .
A Duke wasn\'t in hers .
Instead, he discovers he\'s bought a wife.
Before he can think about the ramifications, he Buys her, thinking he\'s winning the girl her freedom.
The last thing Marcus, the Duke of Autenberry, expects to see after sleeping off a night\'s drunken shenanigans is a woman being auctioned in the village square. . .
A bride wasn\'t in his plans .
Original.
Instead, he discovers he\'s bought a wife.
Before he can think about the ramifications, he Buys her, thinking he\'s winning the girl her freedom.
After sleeping off a night\'s drunken shenanigans, Duke of Autenberry sees a woman being auctioned in the village square
