ECKERT, ROBERTA — The Duke's Gambit

New York, Signet. 1987, 1st Pbk Edition. (ISBN: 0451146522) Pbk. Book, Miss Andrea Howard had no illusions about Hamilton Calgry, the Duke of Haverford.Her first sight of him was when she came upon him making the most improper advances toward her lovely young cousin Elizabeth Clarington--and only a slash of Andrea's riding crop saved that susceptible miss from a scandalous surrender.Subsequent stories of the duke's debauched life in London told Andrea that this lord's dazzling good looks were indeed but a mask for his loathsome designs. Forewarned should have been forearmed. Yet when the duke set out to best Andrea in the game of love, she discovered that it was possible for a young lady to have no illusions, and still have no defense. Very Good. Very Good.