About the book: 2020 / A series of successive stepfathers and a difficult childhood turned Fletcher “Grey” Pride, the fifth Duke of Greycourt, into a distrustful, fabulously wealthy loner rebel . Gray is so absorbed in increasing his fortune that he has no time to look for his wife. But one day he will meet a very unusual woman, with whom they, it turns out, have a lot in common. Although, no matter how beautiful and charmingly sincere she may be, Gray is not interested in love... Beatrice Wolfe has not hoped to have an affair for a long time, and the arrogant Duke Greycourt with his reputation for impudence is of no interest to her, and reluctantly she agrees to a joint “project”, which must bring joy to Gray's mother, who has just lost her husband. As Beatrice gets to know Gray better, she will find it difficult to keep him at a distance. But what if he learns the secrets of her family? Will she be able to choose between loyalty to her family and the man who seems to have won her heart??..