One Dance with a Duke (Stud Club #1)
Tessa Dare
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
3.82
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 153 ratings · 400 pages · Published: 25 May 2010
A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a member of the exclusive Stud Club, an organization so select it has only ten members--yet membership is attainable to anyone with luck. And Spencer has plenty of it, along with an obsession with a prize horse, a dark secret, and, now, a reputation as the dashing "Duke of Midnight." Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. But none of the women catch his interest, and nobody ever bests the duke--until Lady Amelia d'Orsay tries""her luck.
In a moment of desperation, the unconventional beauty claims the duke's dance and unwittingly steals his heart. When Amelia demands that Spencer forgive her scapegrace brother's debts, she never imagines that her game of wits and words will lead to breathless passion and a steamy proposal. Still, Spencer is a man of mystery, perhaps connected to the shocking murder of the Stud Club's founder. Will Amelia lose her heart in this reckless wager or win everlasting love?
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- virgin heroine 28
- historical 26
- regency 24
- plain heroine 24
- marriage of convenience 21
- mystery 20
- grumpy/cold hero 14
- rich hero 13
- curvy heroine 12
- suspense 12
- m-f romance 11
- independent heroine 9
- poor heroine 9
- pregnancy 9
- sweet/gentle heroine 9
- sassy heroine 8
- competent heroine 8
- possessive hero 7
- neurodivergent mc 7
- grumpy & sunshine 6
- alpha male 5
- nerdy hero 5
- hurt/comfort 4
- aristo/royal heroine 4
- take-charge heroine 4
- cheerful/happy heroine 4
- height difference 3
- forced proximity 3
- tortured hero 3
- royal hero 2
- disabilities & scars 2
- good grovel 2
- late 20s fmc 2
- in his 30s 2
- angst 1
- masc-dom 1
- primal/chase play 1
- bad boys 1
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- content warnings
- gambling 9
- animal death 8
- death / grief 5
- mental illness 4
- suicide / ideation 3
- child sexual abuse 2
- dubious consent 1
- body betrayal 1
- geography
- england 9
- united kingdom 8
- europe 6
- british isles 6
- Format
- audiobook
- third person pov 8
- dual pov 7
- male pov 1
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The 'Stud Club' series
3.75 · 309 ratings
possessive hero · explicit-open-door · british-isles · united-kingdom · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · sweet heroine · third-person-pov · dual-pov · super rich hero · europe · male-pov · mystery · death · historical · regency · england · competent heroine · audiobook · m-f
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