Bargains of Fate

Though the twisted scars on his arm still tell the tale, Jack McCarty has worked hard to put his duel with Armistead Mason in the past. He’s one of Virginia’s brightest young lawyers, married to the love of his life, and poised once again for political stardom, an opportunity he thought he’d lost when forced to face Armistead on the field of honor.

Lucinda Lee has also moved forward, closing the door on the betrayal that almost ended her courtship with Jack. But even as she and Jack begin to build a seemingly charmed life, Lucinda watches the women who fawn over him with suspicion, and bristles at the brazenness of her sister Fanny, a hopeless flirt. 

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