The Duchess

<b>Jude Deveraux</b><br> captures the thrill of an American beauty's Highlands wedding, where a royal title is at stake -- and where love wins the day. <br> <b><i>The Duchess</i></b> <br> Claire Willoughby risked losing millions in her inheritance if, as decreed by her grandfather, she did not wed an &quot;acceptable&quot; man. Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of MacArran, seemed perfect. He owned a historic castle, he looked manly in a kilt, and he was as much a titled Scotsman as Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. <br> Their engagement announced, Claire's future as a duchess was assured -- and she set off with her family to meet the Montgomery clan in Scotland. Bramley Castle was a damp, chill place, overþowing with eccentric relatives. But there was also Trevelyan, a secretive, brooding man who lived in Bramley's ancient halls. Whoever he was, he wasn't at all like Harry: Trevelyan was the most exasperating, arrogant, know-it-all of a man Claire had ever met. And the most fascinating...