title: American Princess
author: O'Hallion, Sheila
description: She was as proud and gorgeous as her untamed California -- but a British nobleman would conquer her wayward heart. It was her father's deathbed wish that Isabella wed the Duke of Exeter, son of an old and valued friend at Queen Victoria's court. But Isabella Castillo-Sueras Alexander had other plans -- to elope with her George and show the world he was no fortune hunter! As for the duke, he was undeniably -- indeed breathtakingly -- handsome. He was also, in Isabella's view, high-handed, tyrannical and an unregenerate rogue.
  
  But when the duke kidnapped Isabella for honor's sake, he found the headstrong young beauty in his arms and honor fell prey to heartfelt passion. Vowing that turnabout was fair play, Isabella mounted an outrageous escapade that endangered her already frail reputation, no matter the prize to be won was most precious, a noble love that had brought her a rare and joyous rapture ...
  
  Hero: David George Henry Michael Beresford, Duke of Exeter
  Heroine: Isabella Castillo-Sueras Alexander