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Powerful lord. Infamous rake. Forced into a fake engagement with a wallflower that leads to true love.
Lord Richard Seaton will do anything to find his missing brothereven confront criminal lord Thorne Blackmore. Thornes price for information? Something Richards wounded heart vowed never to pay: marriage. And not to one of the stunning debutantes chasing him but to Thornes bluestocking sister, Jane.Shunned by the ton thanks to her scandalous brother, Miss Jane Grant runs a school that saves Whitechapel children from the gallows. Unwilling to abandon her students for marriage, a fake engagement is her only escape.
Jane offers to dig up the information Richard needs before the wedding. But they must keep their deal a secret or endanger Richards family and face Thornes wrath.
Braving society to convince the ton of their love, Richard protects Jane from judging matrons. And from elegant soirees to glamorous balls, Jane casts aside her gray dresses for vibrant silks and transforms into the lady she was born to be.
Soon, the reforming rake is falling under his blossoming wallflowers spell and into her bed.
But when Thorne learns of their deception, will Richard live to marry the fake fiancé who has become his true love?
All volumes of the DUKES AND SECRETS series:
0 - When the Duke bought a Wife (Prequel)
1 - All Duke and Bothered
2 - Her Rake Fiancé
3 - Project Duke
4 - Betting against the Scoundrel
4.5 - The Duke Do-Over (Christmas short story)
All volumes of the spin-off series SEVEN DUKES OF SIN:
1 - Duke of Rath
2 - Duke of Luhst
3 - Duke of Pryde
more books to follow...
Each book is a standalone and can be read in any order. A happy ending is guaranteed.
Genre: Historical Romance
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