What's a duke to do, when the girl who's perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can't live without? Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season-or any season-but his diabolical mother abducts him to "Spinster Cove" and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl. Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn't dream about dukes. All she wants is to hang up her barmaid apron and open a bookshop. That dream becomes a possibility when an arrogant, sinfully attractive duke offers her a small fortune for a week's employment. Her duties are simple: submit to his mother's "duchess training"...and fail miserably. But in London, Pauline isn't a miserable failure. She's a brave, quick-witted, beguiling failure-a woman who ignites Griff's desire and soothes the darkness in his soul. Keeping Pauline by his side won't be easy. Even if Society could accept a serving girl duchess-can a roguish duke convince a serving girl to trust him with her heart?
I adored this book, it was amazing!
I loved Pauline, she was so snarky and sassy. I enjoyed that she was a peasant woman, who was thrown into the upper class, but still she remained true to herself.
I loved the Dukes attitude toward Pauline changing troughout the book. He started out not really thinking too much of her, but the more time he spends with her, he slowly gets more and more infatuated with her
The Dukes reason for not wanting to get a wife and wanting the family line to die with him was heartbreaking. I felt so much for him, and I loved this depth to him.
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