![]() ![]() Imagine how Jack Lindeville, the duke in question, feels when he arrives at the club in bad mood to settle the debt of two thousand plus pounds only to see his brother already back at his old ways. As it happens, Philip is already in debt and has promised his brother that he’d stay away from the tables for a month if the duke would pay off his debts. One evening, she attracts the attention of Lord Philip, the younger brother of the Duke of Ware, and relents to play a game of hazard with the man and his friends. The gambling house admits both male and female members, and she takes advantage of this to make a living by playing cards and all. ![]() With a sum of money inherited from a woman she was a companion to, Sophie comes to London and, passing herself off as a widow, becomes a regular fixture at Vega Club. Now orphaned, Sophie was first ditched at an academy for young ladies and when she turned 18, her grandfather completely washed his hands off her. Despite her being the granddaughter of Viscount Makepeace, her father eloped with a French opera singer and was disowned as a result. Sophie Campbell has always known that she needs to be a self-sufficient independent woman. My Once and Future Duke by Caroline Linden ![]()
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