The Duke of Sedgewick's best friends ask for a favor - they want him to teach their sister about sex.He should refuse because if it goes too far, he might love her to death. Sedgewicks do fall in love, but they can't marry for it. An ancient faerie curse decrees that any woman a Sedgewick weds for love will die before birthing a child. Each duke betroths himself to a woman he can't love.The luckier dukes lavish the love they can't risk for their wives on their mistresses.The current duke, Bozworth Harrison, isn't lucky. Boz met the Malone brothers before he could lace his shoes and Lily shortly after her birth. He didn't know when his love for the child became love for the woman. But he knows the favor he should refuse promises a taste of the forever he can't have and his sixth sense paws like a fractious horse at the starting pistol. Surely he can teach Lily about sex, preserve her virginity for her future husband and still wed his cold, calculating fiancee.Can't he?
