The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke #1)
Tessa Dare
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
4.24
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 325 ratings · Published: 22 Aug 2017
Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury’s to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London ne’er-do-wells by night. Now there’s a new item on the list. He needs an heir—which means he needs a wife. When Emma Gladstone, a vicar’s daughter turned seamstress, appears in his library wearing a wedding gown, he decides on the spot that she’ll do.
His terms are simple:
- They will be husband and wife by night only.
- No lights, no kissing.
- No questions about his battle scars.
- Last, and most importantly… Once she’s pregnant with his heir, they need never share a bed again.
But Emma is no pushover. She has a few rules of her own:
- They will have dinner together every evening.
- With conversation.
- And unlimited teasing.
- Last, and most importantly… Once she’s seen the man beneath the scars, he can’t stop her from falling in love…
Tagged as:
- marriage of convenience 35
- historical 32
- tortured hero 29
- disabilities & scars 27
- regency 26
- class difference 25
- funny 24
- pregnancy 22
- take-charge heroine 19
- sassy heroine 18
- working class heroine 18
- grumpy/cold hero 17
- alpha male 16
- military 13
- grumpy & sunshine 13
- poor heroine 13
- independent heroine 12
- rich hero 11
- dual pov 11
- third person pov 9
- sweet/gentle heroine 7
- forced proximity 6
- m-f romance 5
- possessive hero 4
- competent heroine 4
- insta-love 2
- male pov 2
- tortured heroine 2
- Add topics
- content warnings
- slut shaming 9
- geography
- england 3
- united kingdom 1
- europe 1
- british isles 1
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The 'Girl Meets Duke' series
656 ratings 4.12 ·
historical · regency · dual-pov · m-f · humor · england · open-door · tortured hero · sweet heroine · forced proximity · third-person-pov · class difference · virgin heroine · alpha male · poor heroine · insta-love · bad boys · europe · tortured heroine · super rich hero
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