The Inheritance A Novel

Daisy knew that someday, somehow, she would pay for wanting what no proper woman wanted. The ravishing Duchess Daisy vowed to save Severn Manor by marrying Nicholas Calloway, a Texas bounty hunter come to claim his family's ancestral lands. But the moment they met, the slate eyed barbarian took Daisy's breath away. She proposed a marriage of convenience. But she hadn't reckoned on flash-fire passion with the savage new duke. Nicholas Calloway came to England to discover the truth about his bastard birth, then sell his inherited estate-with Duchess Daisy's help. Her price was marriage. He agreed, determined to have her on his own terms-only to find himself hostage to the fiery redhead he couldn't leave behind. The highly acclaimed bestselling author of Outlaw's Bride, Joan Johnston brings to life two extraordinary characters-an outrageous duchess and an unlikely duke-in a love story that enchants and enthralls to the very last page.

Joan Johnston is the bestselling, award-winning author of fourteen historical romances and twenty contemporary romance novels. She received a Master of Arts degree in Theater from the University of Illinois and was graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law at Austin. She is currently a full-time writer who lives in South Florida.