Not Any Duke Will Do
(2023)(The second book in the Duchess in Waiting series)
A novel by Poppy Chapman
A masquerade ball, a case of mistaken identities, a scandal sheet that keeps the ton on its toes, and a second chance at love across social boundaries…
Isabella Winthrop has never belonged to the glitz and glamour of London’s high society. Albeit a prominent banker’s daughter, the ton has never been civil nor welcoming to her. Working at the bank provides the intellectual distraction she craves. But her parents now push her towards something utterly alien. To marry a certain Duke, to secure a title and her future.
Only she falls for the wrong Duke, Bramwell Musgrave, the Duke of Holmbrooke, and sensual attraction and complication peak in equal proportion from the get-go. Worse, while Bram is the epitome of righteousness, he is impervious to presumptuous suitors, overbearing prospective in-laws, and even the opinion of the ton.
But the Duke is no stranger to heartbreak, nor is he as uncomplicated as he sounds. For he leads an alternative life no one knows about. A life that challenges the very existence of the ton. A life that now gives him a second chance at true love.
With one Duke too many, Isabella scrambles to keep her head while her heart wants something else. When a tragedy from the past comes back to haunt her, Isabella wows her story will end differently, and that ‘Not Any Duke Will Do.’
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Isabella Winthrop has never belonged to the glitz and glamour of London’s high society. Albeit a prominent banker’s daughter, the ton has never been civil nor welcoming to her. Working at the bank provides the intellectual distraction she craves. But her parents now push her towards something utterly alien. To marry a certain Duke, to secure a title and her future.
Only she falls for the wrong Duke, Bramwell Musgrave, the Duke of Holmbrooke, and sensual attraction and complication peak in equal proportion from the get-go. Worse, while Bram is the epitome of righteousness, he is impervious to presumptuous suitors, overbearing prospective in-laws, and even the opinion of the ton.
But the Duke is no stranger to heartbreak, nor is he as uncomplicated as he sounds. For he leads an alternative life no one knows about. A life that challenges the very existence of the ton. A life that now gives him a second chance at true love.
With one Duke too many, Isabella scrambles to keep her head while her heart wants something else. When a tragedy from the past comes back to haunt her, Isabella wows her story will end differently, and that ‘Not Any Duke Will Do.’
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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