{"product_id":"the-runaway-duchess-9780593198308","title":"The Runaway Duchess","description":"\u003cb\u003eA runaway bride dumps a duke and rewrites her own love story in this enchanting Victorian historical romance from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Duke Undone\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pretty and pampered, Lavinia Yardley always dreamed of becoming a duchess. But family disgrace forces her into marriage with the most vile duke in England, and she finds herself desperate for a way out. When a rustic stranger mistakes her for globe-trotting botanist Muriel Pendrake at a train station, Lavinia has a split second to decide whether to submit to her fate or steal someone else's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Neal Traymayne spent his youth traveling the world as Varnham Nursery's most daring plant hunter. Now he runs the nursery and is ready to settle down with a like-minded wife who'll fit right in with his large, happy, down-to-earth family. His correspondence with Muriel Pendrake proved they're the perfect match. Odd that the woman in the flesh seems more like a society belle than a scientist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they tramp the Cornish moors together, Lavinia and Neal discover a wild and rare desire. But this blossoming love is rooted in lies, and when the real Muriel Pendrake shows up, they can't hide from who they are. The truth may wither their hopes of happiness, or it may bloom into the sweetest love of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Lowell\u003c\/b\u003e lives among the fig trees in North Carolina, where she teaches in the English department at Wake Forest University. When she's not writing historical romance, she writes collections and novels as Joanna Ruocco. Those books include \u003ci\u003eDan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Another Governess \/ The Least Blacksmith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eField Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Joanna Howard.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644657832210,"sku":"9780593198308","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b7739bf-ef8d-4336-b5f3-c1aec13fa77e.jpg?v=1733120697","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-runaway-duchess-9780593198308","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}