num_pages: 368
description:  They call him the Duke of Ruin.To an undaunted wallflower he's just the beast next door.Wealthy and ruthless Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high societyand now he wants to get even.Loyal and passionate Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldnt take into her home and her heart.When her imposingand attractivenew neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals Penny sets him a challenge. She will part with her precious charges if he can find them loving homes.Done Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens?And a two-legged dog.And a foul-mouthed parrot.And a goat an otter a hedgehog . . .Easier said than done for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldnt know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon hes covered in cat hair knee-deep in adorable and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. Now shes set her mind and heart on saving him.Not if he ruins her first.
language: English
title: The Wallflower Wager
publisher: Avon