title: The Duke's Deceit
author: Bodine, Sherrill
description: What if living a lie gives you the life you want to live?
  
  Mary Masterton is a desperate woman. Facing the advances of loathsome suitor she can't imagine marrying, she is short on choices. She convinces a handsome stranger, the victim of a head injury, that they are engaged. Left with no memory of his previous life, the man has no reason to doubt her.
  
  The man's signet ring is the only clue to his true identity as the Duke of Avalon. Determined to reclaim his past, he begs Mary to accompany him on a journey to track down the meaning of the ring. Once more Mary finds herself in a hopeless situation: help the man she has come to love and risk losing him forever, or keep him in the dark and live a blissful lie...
  
  Hero: Richard, Duke of Avalon
  Heroine: Mary Masterton