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Bella Swan thinks she is heavenly in love with Lord Jacob Black, the son of a baron. Even though she is the daughter of a viscont and would thus marry below her station if she was willing to accept his proposal, the 19-year-old woman couldn't care less. For her, Lord Black is everything she ever hoped for in a man and she couldn't wait to become his wife. It is the night of Lady Lovejoy's soiree when Bella decides that it was time to finally give her lover everything a woman has to give. She hastily scribbles down a note and sends a butler to bring it to Lord Black. Just moments later the same butler gets another note, this time written by Lady Alice Cullen, who requests that it be delivered to her brother Edward. And even though the poor servant tries to remember which note belongs to whom, a run-in with a waiter makes him mix up the two. And so it happens that not Lord Black but Lord Edward Cullen, second son of Duke Carlisle Cullen and well-known womanizer enters Bella's chamber that night. In the dark, no one sees the other, but the intense pull they feel along with a passion and caress they have never encountered before make Bella believe she is giving herself to Jacob and Edward that he is in the arms of another one of his courtesans...

Of course, when they wake up the next morning, chaos ensues. Edward is shocked that he not only slept with a woman he doesn't know (even though she is the most beautiful and exquisite thing he'd ever seen) but that she also is not a common whore but rather the daughter of viscont Swan. And so he does what needs to be done in order to save the honor of both his and Bella's family: he agrees to marry her. For Bella that is the most horrible thing that could ever have happened to her. Instead of her beloved Jacob she is forced to become the wife of Edward, a man who, though strikingly handsome, was widely known for sleeping around. After the marriage Edward takes Bella home where she receives a less than friendly welcome. She hates her husband for everything he is and is unwilling to forget Jacob with whom she plans to run away. Yet over time, the young woman realizes that Edward is not the snobby and heartless man she thought he was but rather caring and sweet instead. They get closer and closer to each other until the moment when Bella knows she couldn't leave her husband for the world...

What a wonderful story! The Second Son of a Duke is written from a third-person's perspective and thus allows the reader to get inside the head of almost every important character in the story (even though Edward and Bella are given the most attention). Unlike in many other stories like this, it is not Edward who behaves irrationally and longs for the arms of another but Bella. One is inclined to feel bad for Edward as he really tries everything in his power to make her life as easy and comfortable as possible. It is heart-warming to see how the two get to know each other and how they deal with the arising feelings of love between them. I have to admit that I skipped the two or three scenes between Bella and Jacob but only because I don't like her kissing other men. ;-) Instead I indulged in the wonderful lemons the author included in her fanfic! Apart from one plot twist (involving pirates), For3ver Immortal managed to write a convincing and incredibly intoxicating story that you would be a fool to miss!

The Second Son of a Duke consists of 24 chapters and a total of 109,048 words. The story is rated MA for graphic lemons.

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