Worth More Than Rubies Author:Grace Burrowes All the Duke of Dunfallon wants this holiday season is a respite from the machinations of the matchmakers. When pursued by a particularly dtermined would be duchess, he ducks in to West Batholomew Street Lending Library. Librarian Emerald Armstrong sees a dapper gent in a bit of a hurry and mistakes Dunfallon for a curate overdue for his assin... more »gation with West Bart's theological collection.
Dunfallon is intrigued by Emmie's love of books, her disdain for societiy's games, and her ferocious generosity of spirit toward all the library's patrons. She has no patience with posturing and thus he takes the risk of admitting his true identity. To his surprise, Emmie doesn't mind all that much that he's a duke--but she is far less willing to keep silent about Dunfallon's other secret, the one he has been guarding from even his fellow peers.
If an honest woman is worth more than rubies, what will a duke scrifice to earn her love?« less