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?
This is the first book I have read in the highly recommended "Spindler's Cove" series.
I have this thing about Dukes...haha, and I already knew Tessa Dare well.
This wasn't my favourite Tessa Dare book, but it was still a good book.
It pulled at my heartstrings often and I highly enjoyed it, but it never quite reached its apex like some of her other books.
“There are thirty-three ranks of precedence between a serving girl and a duchess,” she said quietly. “Did you know that? The chart takes up three pages in Mrs. Worthington’s Wisdom. I have it all in my head."
Tessa Dare. Any Duchess Will Do (Kindle Locations 3754-3756). Avon. Kindle Edition.
It's a book with good humour and teary moments, but I guess I didn't quite connect with this particular book as well as I do with some of her other books. :)
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