The Duchess Takes a Husband
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4.3 • 20 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A scandalous arrangement between a London rogue and an American duchess leads to lavish stakes—perfect for fans of Bridgerton!
Despite her illustrious title, Camille, Duchess of Hereford, remains what she has always been—a pariah. Though her title means she’s technically accepted by London Society, the rebellious widow with her burgeoning interest in the suffrage movement and her American ways isn’t exactly high on every hostess’s guest list. But Camille starts to wonder if being an outcast is not without its perks when the tantalizing answer to her secret fear appears in the shape of Jacob Thorne, the illegitimate son of an earl and co-owner of London’s infamous Montague Club.
Jacob is used to making deals with his club members—he’s just not accustomed to them being beautiful women. Nor have the terms ever been so sweetly seductive as Camille’s shocking proposition. To finally buy his own club and gain the crucial backing of investors, Camille offers Jacob the respectability of a fake engagement with a duchess. In return, the tempting widow has one condition: she wants Jacob to show her if it’s possible for her to experience pleasure in bed.
The lure of such a bargain proves too delicious to resist, drawing the enterprising rogue and the wallflower duchess into a scandalous game and an even more dangerous gamble of the heart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
St. George's saucy fourth Gilded Age Heiresses romance (after The Lady Tempts an Heir) finds American Camille, the 23-year-old Dowager Duchess of Hereford, worried that there's something wrong with her because she's never enjoyed sex. To understand what all the fuss is about, she propositions her friend, Jacob Thorne, the illegitimate son of an earl and co-owner of the Montague Club. Jacob, whose reputation precedes him, is used to being propositioned by beautiful women, but he worries that such an arrangement with Camille, whose best friend is married to his brother, would get complicated—and that he might not be able to control his emotions. When he finds himself in need of a fiancée to secure a business deal, however, he gives in to the tempting duchess. Camille survived one awful husband and she's not looking for another, but if faking an engagement gets her into bed with the handsome object of her physical attraction, then she doesn't mind. Inevitably, love blooms outside of the bedroom, but with conflicting goals—Jacob is set to move to Paris, Camille is active in the suffrage movement —they worry about their future together. Tantalizing sex scenes and high emotional stakes enhance this story of exploration and acceptance. Readers will be fanning themselves throughout.
