The Unexpected Duchess (Playful Brides, #1)

by Valerie Bowman

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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 knows just what to tell Cass to say to discourage the Duke of Claringdon...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. 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 her! 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...
  • ISBN13 9781250042071
  • Publish Date 29 April 2014
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 17 May 2016
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint St Martin's Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Language English