**The Lover Or The Fool…** Playing at disguises with her betrothed, Lady Katherine Fitzhugh knew not which role she had embraced, for pretending to be her cousin in order to discover the true nature of the stranger she was bound to by royal decree was proving to be much more complicated than she had planned! Only a fool entered marriage blindly, and Sir Brandon Cavendish was no one's fool. Yet disguised as his own best friend, he was now faced with a ticklish dilemma. For it was fast becoming clear that the woman he truly desired was not his simpering intended, but her strong-willed and passionate cousin!

from fictiondb: THE WHITE ROSE OF YORK WAS NO HOTHOUSE FLOWER. Nay, Mistress Alicia Broom was a long-stemmed beauty with a dangerous secret of royal proportions. But for a chance to claim her as his promised bride, Thomas Cavendish would fight the hounds of hell . . .! Though plots and plans and barking dogs seemed to pursue the Earl of Thornbury wherever he went, Alicia knew she'd found a champion. Mayhap Thomas Cavendish was not what people expected, but the gentle knight had become her heart's desire.

Part of the *Azuma Hideo Best Selection* series. Other volumes in the series: 1: [21 Seiki no Tame no Azuma Hideo](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=75102) 2: [Post Hiriajuu Jidai no Tame no Azuma Hideo](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=77801) 3: [Yoiko no Tame no Azuma Hideo](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=82371) 4: [Samayoeru Seinen no Tame no Azuma Hideo](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=96568) 5: [Arui wa Azuma Hideo de Ippai no Azuma Hideo](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=103922)