What he is not, and never wanted to be, is a peer of the realm.
The first in a scandalous duet of Dukes by Julia Quinn, the bestselling author of Bridgerton, now a series created for Netflix by Shondaland Jack Audley has been a highwayman, a soldier, and he has always been a rogue. 'A veritable treat' Daily Mail 'Quinn is a master of Historical romance' Entertainment Weekly But if he is the true duke, then he is the one man she can never have.
He is not a man who takes no for an answer, and when she is in his arms, she's not a woman who wants to say no.
until Jack Audley lands in her life, all rakish smiles and debonair charm. It is a thankless job, with very little break from the routine. Grace Eversleigh has spent the last five years toiling as the companion to the dowager Duchess of Wyndham. And if his birth proves to be legitimate, then he will find himself with the one title he never wanted: Duke of Wyndham. But when he is recognised as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree life is over. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.The first in a scandalous duet of Dukes by Julia Quinn, the bestselling author of Bridgerton, now a series created for Netflix by Shondaland Jack Audley has been a highwayman, a soldier, and he has always been a rogue. (May)Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. In her strongest effort to date, Quinn delivers complex, multifaceted characters who come vividly to life. Jack attempts to overcome his tortured past with a quick smile and easy wit, and sparks between Jack and Grace result in a number of sizzling scenes that are made more powerful by the intensity of emotions involved. But the current Duke of Wyndham, Thomas Cavendish, Jack's ostensible cousin, learns that he could be disposed of a title if it is proven that Jack's parents were married in Ireland before their untimely deaths. The dowager believes Jack Audley, a former Army Captain, to be her grandson, the son of her long-deceased favorite son. Quinn ( The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever) embarks on a new series with Grace Eversleigh, companion to the dowager duchess of Wyndham, unwillingly helping the dowager kidnap a highwayman.
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