Lady Lucinda Esmond''s womanizing, gambler of a father, theEarl of Sotheran, was forever fleecing young bucks in London''s gaming halls with impunity-until Captain Mark Chamfrey who, having been cheated, does not want to be made a foolagain and kidnaps ten-year-old Lucinda for ransom.
But when Chamfrey has a change of heart and returns the girl,Earl Esmond nonetheless exacts his own price: Chamfrey can only redeem himselfand save his skin by marrying his little victim nine years hence.
Lucinda''s father could not have foreseen what a beautyLucinda would become, nor that Chamfrey, a newly made Marquess, would find thatwhat was supposed to be his punishment turns out be exactly what he desires!
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