The Duchess Heist

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>What is the cost of a nude painting from the Royal Academy of Art?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>That depends on who you ask.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Possible ruination... for Lady Lillias St. Clair the daughter of a gambling addicted duke when she discovers a partially completed portrait of herself reveals her identity and much more. But before she concocts a scheme to steal it from the prestigious academy the artwork goes missing.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Perhaps salvation... for Lord William Cavendish who hides his dark past behind a cavalier air and his good deeds. Yet to earn true redemption and raise funds in time for a grand gesture he must enter an International art contest with a scandalous pose of an unknown figure model which turns out to be the daughter of the duke who stands between William and his dreams.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Worth dueling over? Both families have fought a generations-long feud between them. So when a fake engagement presents a chance to recover the missing nude portrait Lillias and William agree the ruse may prevent a scandal.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When reputations are at stake and a nude painting hangs in the balance the cost could be too high until they find what Shakespeare once wrote to be true 'love's not time's fool.'</span></p>