Barnaby Tibbers wants nothing more than to write his stories in peace. His parents, greatly troubled by his apparent lack of true ambition, believe marriage will be just the thing to spur him toward becoming a respectable gentleman. But when Mr. and Mrs. Tibbers endeavor to fix a marriage between their son and the rich, beautiful Isabel De La Rosa, Barnaby finds himself frightfully captivated by her older brother, Joaquin. A serendipitous accident forces Barnaby and Joaquin to take their acquaintance further, and they discover that, although they are dissimilar in so many ways, they share a foundational yearning: to love and to be loved in their own way. But society has no place or patience for men like them. As the pressure to offer a marriage proposal to Isabel builds, Barnaby and Joaquin will have to defy providence and propriety or submit to its dictates. (This book contains mature themes, including strong sexual content.)
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