Kipp Llewellyn, the proverbial poor little rich boy, can have whatever he wants, except the one thing he wants most: his father’s love. When the opportunity arises to obtain it, Kipp jumps at the chance, even though it means breaking a date with “Ham,” the man he’s sure he’s falling in love with. However, the opportunity turns out to be an arranged marriage with his father’s biggest competitor. Even worse, Kipp discovers his proposed groom is Hyde Wyndham, the man of his dreams. Having lived in a gilded cage his entire twenty-one years, Kipp refuses to settle for anything less than love and walks away from both his father and his future husband. Hyde didn’t achieve his position in the financial world by taking no for an answer, however, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make Kipp realize he’s wanted for himself, including wooing the young man he intends to marry, prenuptial agreements be damned. He’s certain he’s succeeded, until Kipp learns something that puts an insurmountable barrier between them. Will Hyde be able to overcome Kipp’s doubts, and will Kipp realize that some things are worth the sacrifice?

Two Lips, Indifferent Red

“I’ll have to ask Beauchamp if he has any objections to me changing it to Beauchamp.” I leaned back and looked into his eyes. “I hadn’t told you that. His son was my father. Will…will you mind being married to a butler’s grandson?”


“Not as long as he’s you. But I was wondering if you’d be willing to share my name.”


“You mean Beauchamp-Wyndham? It’s a mouthful, don’t you think? But I like it.”


“I do, too. In fact, I think it suits you much better than Llewellyn-Wyndham would.” He took my hand from around his neck and brought it to his mouth. “Most people would be having an identity crisis, you know.”


“Changing your name after twenty-one years.”


“I don’t mind. Sir…Marcus always made me feel as if I wasn’t worthy of it. And if it turned out that we didn’t know who my father was, just that he wasn’t Marcus, I’d change my name to Martin.”


“That would make your grandfather very proud.”


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