Not a redeemable bone in his body, according to Cassandra. He does not lift a finger to help anyone (or so it seems). Oh, he is solvent and doesn’t lay waste to his estates, but otherwise, he is an unsteady fellow up to all pranks along with his close ducal friends and drinking like a fish. Lucius Wilmot Beckingham, the Duke of Ashmont, also known as Luscious Lucius, is a wastrel. She wants to be at the forefront of enacting laws to lift them out of poverty. She is not remotely interested in “proper” causes suitable for ladies, such as fêtes champêtres, genteel fairs, and other fundraising events for the poor. What is she to do?Ĭassandra has maintained her position as one of the leaders of the Andromeda Society – those ladies interested in effecting change in society. But she does want a brilliant match for her sister. Cassandra does not want to marry and doesn’t think anyone would want to marry The Gorgon. He thus issues an ultimatum: Until she marries, her sister will not be allowed to go out to events that a debutante usually attends for her successful launch on the marriage mart. Unfortunately for her father, no sooner had she returned, than she caused a uproar about a bill in the House of Commons, and her father becomes a laughingstock. So her father packed her off to the Continent, only allowing her to return when it was time for her younger sister’s debut.

In her recent past, at her debut, she instigated more than one sensation - even had the Riot Act read to her. The only way to right the wrong is to marry her.and hope she doesn't smother him in his sleep on their wedding night.Miss Cassandra Pomfret is the eldest daughter of Lord deGriffith, the terror of Parliament. Still, troublemaker that he is, he knows that damaging a lady's good name isn't sporting. He nearly killed one of his two best friends. He's lost a perfectly good bride through his own carelessness. The Duke of Ashmont's looks make women swoon. Now, thanks to a certain wild-living nobleman, the last shreds of Cassandra's reputation are about to disintegrate, taking her sister's future and her family's good name along with them. But her extremely plain speaking has caused an uproar, and her exasperated father, hoping a husband will rein her in, has ruled that her beloved sister can't marry until Cassandra does.

This time, who's taming whom.Ĭassandra Pomfret holds strong opinions she isn't shy about voicing. USA Today bestselling author Loretta Chase continues her Difficult Dukes series with this delightful spin on Shakespeare's classic, The Taming of the Shrew.

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