{"product_id":"born-for-this-s-k-snyder-9798950146046","title":"Born For This: A Match for the Marquess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe was sent to collect a bride. He found a woman who refused to be collected.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor ten years, Thomas, Marquess of Worthington, has perfected the art of rebellion. Governed by a father whose cruelty wears the mask of expectation, he has answered with a reputation for vice, charm, and a studied indifference to consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the duke delivers his final provocation: a betrothal arranged sixteen years ago, to a girl Thomas has never met. Left with no choice, he travels to the sun-drenched coast of France to fetch his future bride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat he finds is Cassandra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHalf-English, wholly French, and not the least inclined to be fetched anywhere.\u003c\/strong\u003e For more than a year she has been mistress of her grandfather's villa, beholden to no one-and she will not be managed by a guardian duke, nor by the arrogant marquess who arrives expecting her obedience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeither of them chose this arrangement. Neither will be the first to yield.\u003c\/strong\u003e Yet beneath the sparring and the wounded pride, each has badly misjudged the other-and what begins as open defiance slowly, perilously, becomes something neither can command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis \u003cem\u003earranged marriage\u003c\/em\u003e Regency romance brings together a \u003cem\u003ereformed rake\u003c\/em\u003e and a \u003cem\u003estrong heroine\u003c\/em\u003e who believe they loathe one another-a \u003cem\u003eforced-proximity\u003c\/em\u003e courtship of sharp wit and slow-burning tension, sensual and yearning without ever losing its elegance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorn For This\u003c\/em\u003e is the third novel in the \u003cstrong\u003eBorn For series\u003c\/strong\u003e-sweeping historical romance brimming with willfulness, misunderstanding, and hard-won love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. K. Snyder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798950146046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gentry Lane Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d","brand":"S. K. Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174313992447,"sku":"9798950146046","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/born-for-this-s-k-snyder-9798950146046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}