A Duke Never Yields
by Juliana Gray
Buy on AmazonImpatient with the strictures of polite British society, Miss Abigail Harewood has decided to live life on her own terms--and the first thing she requires is a lover. When the commanding Duke of Wallingford arrives on the doorstep of her leased holiday castle, she thinks she's found the perfect candidate: handsome, dashing, and experienced in the art of love. But tempting Wallingford into her bed proves more difficult than she imagined. Restless and dissatisfied with his debauched life in London, the formerly rakish duke is determined to spend a year chaste. But as Abigail tries her best to seduce him, Wallingford finds his resolve crumbling in the face of her irresistible charm...and her alluring secrets.
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"Abigail Harewood never wants to get married, but she aims to live life to the fullest — which includes taking a lover. She sets her sights on the Duke of Wallingford, who has just sworn off women and pledged sobriety for a year. That’s a little problematic, since they share a sizzling attraction and, currently, a Tuscan villa. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, the book starts out with a sparkling, irrepressible heroine and a brooding, damaged hero and spins a mesmerizing tale of romance and self-realization around their journey to love."
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