{"product_id":"the-wallflower-wager-girl-meets-duke-isbn-9780062952561","title":"The Wallflower Wager: Girl Meets Duke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times and USA Today Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey call him the Duke of Ruin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society—and now he wants to get even.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her imposing—and attractive—new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals, Penny sets him a challenge. \u003cem\u003eShe\u003c\/em\u003e will part with her precious charges, if \u003cem\u003ehe\u003c\/em\u003e can find them loving homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDone, Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a two-legged dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a foul-mouthed parrot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a goat, an otter, a hedgehog . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasier said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. 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And a goat, an otter, a hedgehog . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasier said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. 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