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Rake by name and Rake by nature... such was the reputation of the all-conquering Marquis of Rakemoore. And this was the husband Ila's father wished to impose upon her! Ila fled the Duke's heartless scheme, finding refuge in a humble village cottage. For his part, the Marquis was pursuing a wood-nymph, a dream whose identity the determined peer did not even know... But the Gods of Love have their own plans, and a small boy is the unlikely messenger of a marriage arranged... in Heaven!