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Never a Bride: A Duke's Daughters Novel
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The next thrilling installment in Megan Frampton's scintillating A Duke's Daughters series.
She's a deliciously scandalous woman who is no man's bride...

He's a black sheep, forced to return home.

Together, they enter a make-believe betrothal that shocks London society...

After twelve years in Her Majesty's Navy, Griffith Davies must leave his sea-going life of outrageous freedom behind, forced to rejoin London society as the heir to the Duke of Northam. But though he is now shackled to the land, he has no desire to wed some innocently dull young thing. Who best to shield him from the matchmakers than a woman as notorious as he?

Lady Della Howlett's reputation was tattered years ago, so entering into a false engagement with Griffith is hardly going to make matters worse. What's one more shock to the ton to set their tongues wagging? And this pact certainly has its pleasures; the passion Griffith commands in her goes well beyond their agreement. Could her feelings be more honorable than she'd first imagined?

Soon, Griffith and Della are arousing more than scandal, they're courting heartbreak. And more than their reputations could still be at risk.

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The next thrilling installment in Megan Frampton's scintillating A Duke's Daughters series.
She's a deliciously scandalous woman who is no man's bride...

He's a black sheep, forced to return home.

Together, they enter a make-believe betrothal that shocks London society...

After twelve years in Her Majesty's Navy, Griffith Davies must leave his sea-going life of outrageous freedom behind, forced to rejoin London society as the heir to the Duke of Northam. But though he is now shackled to the land, he has no desire to wed some innocently dull young thing. Who best to shield him from the matchmakers than a woman as notorious as he?

Lady Della Howlett's reputation was tattered years ago, so entering into a false engagement with Griffith is hardly going to make matters worse. What's one more shock to the ton to set their tongues wagging? And this pact certainly has its pleasures; the passion Griffith commands in her goes well beyond their agreement. Could her feelings be more honorable than she'd first imagined?

Soon, Griffith and Della are arousing more than scandal, they're courting heartbreak. And more than their reputations could still be at risk.

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        An aristocratic sea captain discovers he's the heir to a duke and agrees to help a ruined lady find a former sailor from his ship if she'll pretend to be his betrothed as he enters society.After months at sea, Capt. Griffith Davies meets the remarkable Lady Della Howlett, a duke's daughter, but before she can explain why she's looking for him, he's arrested by the Royal Naval Police. He's released because--and simultaneously discovers that--he's the heir to the Duke of Northam, who he's surprised to find out is his cousin Frederick ("many people had to have died in the interim," he realizes), who is unwell. Griffith ran away to sea to escape his amoral, privileged family, but he's always loved Frederick and is willing to honor the title for him and to possibly make a positive impact on the direction of his country. Della tracks him down again, asking him to help her find her best friend's husband, a black man who was previously a sailor on his ship. He agrees, but only if she'll play the part of his betrothed: "I have faced battleships, fearsome storms, and the most voracious boll weevils while at sea. None of them terrify me as much as the thought of all those unmarried Society ladies discovering there is an eligible duke's heir in their midst....I want you to be my guide and to let these women believe I am already spoken for." Della explains she is ruined, with an illegitimate daughter, but Griffith, seeing something of a kindred spirit in the headstrong woman, still demands the bargain. Frampton unspools a satisfying love story between two iconoclastic characters who would have a much easier time if they weren't, well, themselves. So of course they'll find happily-ever-after with each other. A diverse, enlightened cast makes for satisfying storytelling, and characters who both do the right thing and find people who love them for it is a welcome message these days.A merry, modern historical romance.

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        No one has to explain the concept of quid pro quo to Lady Della Howlett. In order to help her dear friend Sarah Wattings, Della needs Captain Griffith Davies' assistance in tracing the whereabouts of one of his sailors, Henry Wattings, who disappeared after Griffith's ship, HMS Royal Lady, capsized several years ago. As the new heir to the Duke of Northam, Griffith desperately needs someone to help him navigate the treacherous high-society shoals of London while at the same time keeping the elite's marriage-minded mothers and their oh-so-eligible daughters at bay. What starts out as a simple business transaction, a faux betrothal between Della and Griffith, quickly becomes something much more personal when both parties start to think about taking advantage of some of the personal benefits of being engaged. Frampton's scintillating wit, incredibly imaginative plotting, and think-outside-the-box protagonists come together with great panache in Never a Bride, making the latest in the Victorian-set Duke's Daughters series, following The Lady is Daring (2018), pure bliss to read.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)

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She's a deliciously scandalous woman who is no man's bride...

He's a black sheep, forced to return home.

Together, they enter a make-believe betrothal that shocks London society...

After twelve years in Her Majesty's Navy, Griffith Davies must leave his sea-going life of outrageous freedom behind, forced to rejoin London society as the heir to the Duke of Northam. But though he is now shackled to the land, he has no desire to wed some innocently dull young thing. Who best to shield him from the matchmakers than a woman as notorious as he?

Lady Della Howlett's reputation was tattered years ago, so entering into a false engagement with Griffith is hardly going to make matters worse. What's one more shock to the ton to set their tongues wagging? And this pact certainly has its pleasures; the passion Griffith commands in her goes well beyond their agreement. Could...

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