{"product_id":"the-heir-9781917190176","title":"The Heir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor nine hundred years, the Dukes of Oxford have served three masters: the crown, our title, and our estate, Belvedere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove? That's not in the De Vere family playbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassion? Reserved strictly for producing heirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe marry for duty, bed for bloodlines, and keep our desires locked away like the family silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs heir to the dukedom, I've perfected the art of noble restraint. My engagement to a beautiful, blue-blooded ice queen has been set in stone since birth. I've never questioned it-never even wanted to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil Ivy Cooper explodes into my grey, duty bound existence, flooding it with colour and chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's everything I shouldn't want: a potty-mouthed commoner who scoffs at my title and makes Eliza Doolittle look refined. She works at London's most exclusive sex club, guards secrets darker than my family's dungeons, and has zero respect for the duties that define me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's also the most magnificent creature I've ever encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne taste of her, and I'm completely undone. When I'm in her orbit, the repressed heir disappears, replaced by a lovesick fool who would burn down nine centuries of tradition for the chance of a future with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow I'm facing an impossible choice: the title that's been my destiny since birth, or the woman who's become my salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've served my masters faithfully my entire life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Ivy Cooper makes me want to become a traitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Heir is a steamy opposites-attract contemporary romance with fairytale vibes, featuring a real life duke, a struggling Cinderella, and a great big HEA.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alchemy Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917190176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.03d","brand":"Elodie Hart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435490111669,"sku":"9781917190176","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5a0b6fa5-4b4c-4887-aca7-ef5d6376b9ba.jpg?v=1776226828","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-heir-9781917190176","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}