Ai Sureba Setsunakute / Original Title: Dukes Are Forever (Futami Bunko Ha 11-1 the Mystery Collection)

[Machine Translation] After her mother passed away, Kate worked hard to protect the house from her father, which had been inherited from her grandparents. Her father, a self-depraved, gambling maniac, wanted to sell off all the valuable household goods and give up the house in order to have money to play with, but she had refused to give it up. One day, however, a duke named Edward came to visit me and told me that he had won a bet with my father and had obtained not only the house but also Kate's custody. My father sold me out to this duke? Kate is stunned, even though she is involuntarily smitten by the manly Edward. She had no idea what the Duke was up to...

ケイトは母亡きあと、祖父母から受け継いだ邸宅を父から懸命に守ってきた。自堕落でギャンブル狂の父が遊ぶ金欲しさにめぼしい家財道具をすべて売り払い、家も手放そうとしていたが、断固拒否してきたのだ。だがある日エドワードという公爵が訪ねてきて、父との賭けに勝ったので、家だけでなくケイトの保護権も手に入れたと告げる。父は私をこの公爵に売り渡したというの?男らしいエドワードに思わずときめきを覚えながらも、ケイトは呆然とする。公爵が何を企んでいるか、想像もしなかった...