Dreaming of a Duke Like You
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4.1 • 15 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A duke with a reputation to uphold and a woman with a scandalous past take a gamble on their forbidden love in this Regency romance—perfect for fans of USA Today bestsellers Sophie Jordan and Kerrigan Byrne!
Raised in a foundling home and now proprietor of a successful club, Gabriel Cadieux hasn’t ever been welcomed by polite society. But when he discovers he’s the legitimate heir to a dukedom, he must make a choice: accept the debt-ridden title and the trappings of the peerage who shunned him or decline and leave his six rebellious half sisters to fend for themselves. As much as he hates the idea, Gabriel can’t abandon his siblings, even if it means making a deal with the most frustrating—and aggravatingly beautiful—woman he’s ever met.
Vivienne Tremeer storms into Cadieux’s club with one thing on her mind: get the loathsome owner to discharge her brother’s gambling debts. So when Gabriel offers her a trade—if she’ll teach his wild sisters the ways of the ton, he’ll clear the notes—she has no choice but to accept. But with her reputation already on a knife’s edge, falling for the duke could cause the scandal of the season.
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Bennett (the Aphrodite's Club series) launches a new series with this zippy Regency romance. Vivienne Tremeer, the ill-reputed daughter of a baronet, pleads with gambling hall owner Gabriel Cadieux to forgive her wayward 18-year-old brother's debt, but she is unsuccessful. Gabriel reconsiders, however, after learning that he is the heir to a dukedom and, in this unexpected new role, must take up guardianship over six rambunctious half-sisters. Neither Gabriel nor his siblings knows how to behave in polite society, and with his grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Grantham, insisting he restore the family's honor, Gabriel turns to Vivienne for lessons in navigating upper-crust circles. In exchange, he'll wipe her brother's debt clean and take him under his wing as his apprentice. Dancing practice and watercolor lessons prove the perfect conduit for the blossoming love between the well-suited protagonists—but Gabriel's grandmother insists his future bride have a sterling reputation, and Vivienne doesn't fit the bill. Though the third act's grand romantic gesture does not feel quite as grand nor as romantic as readers might hope, it's impossible not to fall in love with these lovable misfits—especially Gabriel's audacious sisters, who steal the show. This spells good things for the series to come.
