The Devilish Duke: Book eight in the Regency Romps Series

His Grace, the Duke of Devenish, has given up on love. He's been burned more than once, and only recently had to give up a woman he was very fond of to another. He's happy enough otherwise, despite the concerns of his family and friends, so why ruin a perfectly stable, organised world with affairs of the heart? His disabled mother needs his support and help, and he’s content enough with his lot. Besides, his reputation as the Devilish Duke needs to be upheld - even if it's been wrongly applied to him for years.
Georgina Scott has spent her adult life caring for her older brother as he battles a mysterious illness that has sapped his strength and vitality over the years. As a result, she’s never left the countryside, but at the insistence of their friend and doctor, Mr Kimble, the Scotts have relocated to Bath in the hope of easing some of her brother’s worst symptoms.
As a new life has opened her eyes, Georgina is determined to love everything she sees and learn everything she can about the world. She seeks out anyone who has been outside of England, desperate to learn more about the cultures and places she’s only ever read about but doubts she will ever actually see.
When a chance meeting brings Devenish and Georgina together, they both discover a friend who, despite their differences in life and station, understands the pressures of family and the pain of heartbreak. Having a friend is the most crucial thing in the world, for each knows they have too much baggage to offer the other anything more than that. Georgina will always put her brother before her own interests, and Devenish would never commit to a woman when he cannot give her what he thinks she wants.
However, this is Bath: home of the redoubtable Lady Seraphinia, the flamboyant Drake family, the kind-hearted Duchess of Devenish, and the newly arrived Mr Scott and Mr Kimble. Devenish and Georgina might think that they know what’s best for themselves and their family, but the people who love them have very different ideas.