The Unexpected Duchess | The Playful Brides | Author Valerie Bowman The Unexpected Duchess | The Playful Brides | Author Valerie Bowman

The Unexpected Duchess

Book 1: The Playful Brides

About the Book

Inspired by Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac…

In This Battle of Wits
Lady Lucy Upton’s tongue may be too sharp to attract suitors but her heart is good and when her painfully shy friend Cassandra needs help she devises a brilliant scheme to help her discourage an unwanted suitor, the Duke of Claringdon. Lucy will hide behind the hedgerow and tell Cass just what to say to discourage the duke…but it turns out that he’s made of sterner stuff than either of them anticipated. And Lucy is shocked to discover that tangling with the tenacious man is the most fun she’s had in ages.

Kisses Are the Best Weapon
Lord Derek Hunt made a promise to his dying friend to marry the demure Cassandra, and for a man who wants nothing more than peace and quiet after the horrors of war, she’ll make the perfect bride. If only the impudent Miss Upton will let him court the girl! Doing battle is the last thing on his mind, but bantering with Lucy behind the bushes is too tempting to resist. And the spoils of this war just may be true love…

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The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman

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Narrator: Alison Larkin
Format: Unabridged
Runtime: 9h 52m

The Details

Published: April 29, 2014
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Formats: EbookPaperbackAudiobook
ISBN-10: 1250042070 ISBN-13: 978-1250042071 ASIN: B00G1K7A9W
Genres & Tropes
Regency Romance, Historical Romance, Regency Era, British Romance

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