01639cam a2200301 i 4500 630496010 TxAuBib 20070725120000.0 070530s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780739482230 0739482238 9780060781934 0060781939 (OCoLC)137272535 OWL eng rda OWL TxAuBib rda James, Eloisa. Desperate Duchesses / Eloisa James. New York : Avon Books, 2007. 384 p ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Welcome to a world of reckless sensuality and glittering sophistication . . . of dangerously handsome gentlemen and young ladies longing to gain a title . . . of games played for high stakes, including-on occasion-a lady's virtue. A marquess's sheltered only daughter, Lady Roberta St. Giles falls in love with a man she glimpses across a crowded ballroom: a duke, a game player of consummate skill, a notorious rakehell who shows no interest in marriage-until he lays eyes on Roberta. Yet the Earl of Gryffyn knows too well that the price required to gain a coronet is often too high. Damon Reeve, the earl, is determined to protect the exquisite Roberta from chasing after the wrong destiny. Can Damon entice her into a high-stakes game of his own, even if his heart is likely to be lost in the venture? 20070725. Historical fiction. Love stories. TXBRI