The Desperate Duke (The "Weaver" series)

ISBN: 1727358945

Author: South, Sheri Cobb

Condition: New

A duke in disguise . . . a damsel in distress . . . A match made in-Manchester?When the death of his father makes twenty-three-year-old Theodore Radney (formerly Viscount Tisdale) the Duke of Reddington, the weight of his new responsibilities is enough to send him to London in a blind panic. Before he knows it, Theo has accumulated a pile of debts-and discovers he cant touch his inheritance until his fathers will has been probated. His brother-in-law, mill owner Ethan Brundy, agrees to lend him the money, under one condition: Theo will repay the loan by working in the mill until probate has been granted.Daphne Drinkard has fallen on hard times since the death of her father three years earlier. Her plans for a brilliant London Season were abruptly canceled, and she and her mother are now reduced to taking in boarders. When Parliamentary candidate Sir Valerian Wadsworth hires the dining room for a series of meetings hes holding for the mill workers, Daphne knows he might be her last chance to salvage their fortunes. Still, shes far more intrigued by the boardinghouses newest resident. Mr. Tisdale is obviously a gentleman, but one whose prospects must be as dire as her own-for why else would a gentleman be working in a mill?When Theo discovers the sinister purpose behind Sir Valerians meetings, he knows he has to take action. But even if he succeeds in saving the mill, how can he ever walk away?