The Great Bax, Haden Delacourte, Earl of Baxendene, had no one but himself to blame for losing his prized palomino stallion to his cousin, the Duke of Wolverton. The scurrilous bet was of his own devising!
It had opened Wolf’s eyes to the ‘Perfect Duchess’ potential of Lady Sherida Dearing, aka the Heavenly Iceberg, but the loss of the horse seemed to have been the catalyst for an avalanche of life-changing disclosures.
Bax was beginning to wonder if he’d lived the whole of his life with his handsome head shoved up his arrogant backside!
From his father whom he’d hero-worshipped since his death when Bax was seven, to his mother whom the Ton had blamed for larger-than-life Harry Delacourte’s death.
Then there was Jason, his twin brother, who’d died a hero’s death at the Battle of Vimeiro, leaving Bax believing a lie that would change the course of his life; a lie perpetuated by his loyal batman who, it turns out, has continued to honor a vow made to Jason even though he’s now in Bax’s employ.
And then Angela Jane, the widowed Lady Rotherby, had reappeared in his life, looking nothing like his little sister’s best friend, the ‘Angular Jane’ who’d traded wicked nicknames with him back when they’d all been so unbelievably young—and naïve.
The revelation of her secret may prove the most damning of all…