The Husband Hunters

After the death of her parents, young Andrina Maldon has selflessly borne the responsibility not only for the running a household impoverished by her father’s profligacy but also for the future happiness of her two sisters.
Strikingly beautiful as they are, there is no hope of their finding a suitable suitor without someone to introduce them to the Social world.
So she travels unchaperoned to London to seek the assistance of the Duke of Broxbourne, her father’s friend and the Godfather she has never met.
On the stagecoach journey Andrina has a frightening encounter with a gentleman at a Posting inn – and on arrival at Broxbourne House she is appalled to find that this man is none other than the Duke of Broxbourne himself.
At first show more unwilling to help her, the Duke grudgingly agrees to her requests and although grateful, Andrina despises this arrogant and insensitive man – until, little by little, his true nature is revealed and a very different emotion begins to stir in her heart.

Andrina's two lovely sisters—orphaned, penniless, buried in the country—would never find suitable husbands unless they went to London and imposed on Andrina's godfather, the Duke of Broxbourne, to introduce the girls to society. Her sister's beauty would accomplish the rest. The only snag: Andrina had been so busy arranging her sisters' futures, she failed to notice she was madly in love.

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