Difficult Dukes, Book 3
Avon Historical Romance
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“You annoy me,” she said. “Yet you are not without intelligence.”
My Inconvenient Duke
Of all the dukes in all the world, why does it have to be him?
Lady Alice Ancaster needs a husband, and fast, because her reckless brother is going to get himself killed, leaving the dukedom—and her future—in their repellent cousin’s clutches.
The Duke of Blackwood has known Alice since childhood, and they’ve always had a special connection. But years ago he broke it, when he chose a riotous life with his two best friends instead of a reasonable one with her.
The trouble is, the tall, dark, sardonic rogue keeps turning up exactly when needed, and ready—though he sometimes needs a push—to play the hero, if only for as long as it takes.
Being irresistibly drawn to the Wrong Man is not convenient, but when events come to a crisis, Alice has to make a choice. The question is, can she live with it?
~Read an Excerpt~
Camberley Place, Surrey
Friday 30 March 1832
Raucous laughter. Drunken shouting.
“Devil take them.” Lady Alice Ancaster opened her eyes and stared up at the tester. “What time is it?”
She sat up in not quite complete darkness. She pulled the edge of the bed curtain to one side. The window curtains remained closed, meaning her maid hadn’t yet risen—though the drunken louts would soon rouse Aunt Julia’s household.
Dawn had cracked, it seemed, but only just.
It was remarkable how much noise three inebriated men could make. She’d last seen them departing for the fishing house for a night of carousing. They couldn’t have stayed there? They must come here, directly under her window?
“I have to kill them,” she said. [read more]