In Syrie James’snewest Dare to Defy novel, adevastating duke goes head to head with a determined young woman. Lance Granville, the Tenth Duke of Darcy, was none too happyto give up his career in the Royal Navy to inherit the family title, completewith an ancient castle he needs to renovate. When an architectarrives on his doorstep, Darcy is astonished to discover that she’s a woman.Kathryn Atherton has one goal: to become the first womanarchitect in Britain. Marriage doesn’t figure in her plans. Despite the odds,her schooling is behind her. Now she needs experience. When she’s sent to asmall tidal island in Cornwall to remodel a castle, the last thing Kathrynwants is to be attracted to its roguishly handsome owner.Kathryn is determined to keep things professional, but thesizzling attraction between her and the duke quickly blazes out of control.When Darcy learns that Kathryn is an heiress whose fortune would save St.Gabriel’s Mount, he wages the most important battle of his life: to woo and winthe woman who’s captured his heart. But duchesses can’t be architects. AndKathryn has worked too long and too hard to give up her dreams…
