Cinderella and the Duke

<p><i><b>Miss Julia Beaumont has exactly </b></i><b>one</b><i><b> night to find herself a husband¿</b></i><br><br>The Weatherford Ball is the last chance Julia Beaumont has to escape the clutches of her horrid stepmother. Any potential husband will do¿rich, poor, even a reasonably well-groomed walrus. But all of Julia¿s matrimonial chances are completely obliterated¿thanks to the actions of an infuriating and utterly rakish duke.<br><br>Gregory Carter, Duke of Ashworth, would never risk his cherished bachelorhood by flirting with marriage-starved debutantes. But one look at the luscious and refreshingly clever Julia, and he simply can¿t resist a stolen kiss¿scandal be damned. Then just as things start getting deliciously interesting, the lady flees¿leaving only a slipper behind.<br><br>And it must have been one dandy of a kiss. Because now Julia has proposed to <i>him</i>. After all, the lady needs a husband, and this roguish duke will certainly do. It¿s simply a matter of making him t