Duty isn’t all that drives him…David, Marquis of Blackwood, needs an heir, but his requirements in a wife are precise. Lady Nicola Wyndham appears to fit the bill-she’s older, likes country living, has managed her father’s household for some time and nothing detrimental is known about her.But when he coolly proposes, Nicola’s brief look of hurt prompts him to a sudden show of warmth. It gives Nicola hope that they might have a good marriage and she accepts. But she has a secret-which he is bound to find out-and which goes against every idea David has of his future wife….