![]() ![]() ![]() Having been raised in Whitechapel alongside her four adoptive brothers, Gillie agrees to help Thorne find his fianc e and ensure her safety. She doesn't recognize the handsome stranger as Antony Coventry, Duke of Thornley, who was searching the poverty-stricken and dangerous Whitechapel area of London for his no-show bride. ![]() Fiercely independent tavern owner Gillie Trewlove doesn't hesitate to save a man who's mugged by a young gang. In the enjoyable second Sin for All Seasons novel (after Beyond Scandal and Desire), Heath explores Victorian class and wealth disparities. Thorne, however, is determined to prove to her that no obstacle is insurmountable when a duke loves a woman. Yet Gillie knows the aristocracy would never accept a duchess born in sin. But every moment together is edged with desire and has Thorne rethinking his choice of wife. After nursing him back from the brink, Gillie agrees to help him comb London’s darker corners for his wayward bride. ![]() īeing left at the altar is humiliating being rescued from thugs by a woman-albeit a brave and beautiful one-is the pièce de résistance to the Duke of Thornley’s extraordinarily bad day. He’s a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesn’t belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillie’s bed. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her door-or the alleyway by her tavern-Gillie doesn’t hesitate. Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger’s kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. ![]()
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