The Duke and the Lady Gardener

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Love blossoms for a Lady Gardener when she robs a Duke... and then steals his heart.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Alexandra Grantham becomes Lady Robin Hood stealing from the rich to provide for the local farm workers in the district. However not content with merely giving the poverty-stricken tenants money Alexandra also grows fruit and vegetables for them in the hothouses at Grantham Place using her expert knowledge of horticultural science to relieve their distress.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Mr. Robert Chanderly her new neighbor arrives in the district Alexandra holds him up at gunpoint in his coach. She is dismayed when he hints she isn't what she seems. After he disarms her Alexandra narrowly escapes racing away to safety. However she gains courage upon their next meeting when Mr. Chanderly fails to recognize her even challenging him about the ineptitude of the manager he recently appointed to oversee his estate.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Alexandra wishes to remain at Grantham Place with her brother Sir John as he suffers from chronic ill health. But when her grandmother Lady Longmore arrives at Grantham Place she makes it clear that she expects her granddaughter to travel back to London with her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A hasty departure seems most judicious when men from Bow Street descend on the area to investigate her crimes. And when her new neighbor succeeds in unmasking her Alexandra agrees to the scheme with alacrity.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After Lady Longmore encounters Mr. Chanderly she reveals to Alexandra that he is in fact the Duke of Stanford. Alexandra cannot hide her horror at the unwelcome revelation as the acknowledged leader of Society has it within his power to ruin her reputation.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But instead of blighting her social chances when they arrive in London the duke decides to bring Alexandra into high fashion and she effectively takes the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ton</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> by storm.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Enemies abound in the Capital however causing trouble for Alexandra at every turn. So when an old adversary of Stanford's threatens to reveal Alexandra's dangerous secret to the ton the duke must do everything within his power to defend the honor of the woman he loves-or lose the only lady he's ever wished to make his duchess.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Note: </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This series is part of Dragonblade's Sweet Dreams line so this is a sweet wholesome Historical Romance where passion beyond the bedroom door is left to the reader's imagination.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>The Grantham Girls</u></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Duke and the Lady Gardener</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Baron and the Lady Chemist</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Lord and the Lady Astronomer</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>*</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Note:</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> The Duke and the Lady Gardener was previously published as </span><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>The Dashing Debutante. </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> This second edition contains new material for readers to enjoy.</span></p>