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Ne'er Duke Well

by Alexandra Vasti

A duke, a matchmaker, and a risky courtship

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  • Bestseller

    Instant USA Today bestseller

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    Publishers Weekly starred review

    Starred review praising the book as both steamy and heartfelt.

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A duke, a matchmaker, and a risky courtship

Newly made Duke of Stanhope, Peter Kent needs to repair his reputation so he can become guardian to his younger half siblings. Lady Selina Ravenscroft offers to help by finding him a suitable wife, while keeping her own secret life as the operator of an erotic circulating library hidden from society. The matchmaking plan grows complicated as Peter and Selina’s attraction challenges the roles they have set for themselves. Set in Regency society, the romance brings together questions of respectability, family responsibility, and desire, with Peter’s radical politics and Selina’s unconventional business adding friction to their carefully managed public images.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers of Regency historical romance featuring a duke and a courtship plot.
  • Readers interested in romances involving social reputation, family responsibility, and hidden private lives.
  • Readers seeking a romance with explicit sensual themes, as indicated by the source description.

Themes

Regency society and reputationCourtship and matchmakingFamily responsibilityDesire and private identity

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Book overview

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

Featured in Entertainment Weekly, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, NPR, Oprah Daily, and more...

In this steamy Regency romp, Lady Selina is determined to find the Duke of Stanhope the perfect wife--the only problem is she's starting to think that might be her.

Peter Kent--newly inherited Duke of Stanhope and recently of New Orleans, Louisiana--must become respectable. Between his radical politics and the time he interrupted a minor royal wedding with a flock of sheep--not his fault!--he's developed a scandalous reputation at odds with his goal of becoming guardian to his half siblings. For help, he turns to the cleverest and most managing woman of his acquaintance, Lady Selina Ravenscroft.

Selina is society's most proper debutante, save one tiny secret: she runs an erotic circulating library for women. When Peter asks for her help, she suggests courtship and marriage to a lady of unimpeachable reputation. (Which is to say, definitely not herself.)

But matchmaking doesn't go according to plan. Peter's siblings run rampant on Bond Street. Selina ends up in the Serpentine. And worst of all, the scorching chemistry between Peter and Selina proves impossible to resist. For the disreputable duke and his unpredictable matchmaker, falling in love just might be the ultimate scandal.

"As hot as it is heartfelt, this will have historical romance fans hooked." - Publisher's Weekly, starred review

"An irresistible delight from a remarkable new talent." - India Holton, USA Today bestselling author of The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

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