When the Duke Was Wicked (Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James #1)
Lorraine Heath
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
3.68
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Open door [?]
· 78 ratings · 384 pages · Published: 25 Feb 2014
Lady Grace Mabry’s ample inheritance has made it impossible for her to tell whether a suitor is in love with her—or enamored of her riches. Who better to distinguish beau from blackguard than her notorious childhood friend, the Duke of Lovingdon?
With no interest in marriage, Lovingdon has long lived only for pleasure. He sees little harm in helping Grace find a proper match. After all, he’s familiar with all the ploys a scoundrel uses to gain a woman’s favor. He simply has to teach the lovely innocent how to distinguish honest emotions from false ones. How better than by demonstrating his wicked ways? But as lessons lead to torrid passion and Grace becomes ensnared in another man’s marriage plot, Lovingdon must wage a desperate gamble: Open his heart fully—or risk losing the woman he adores…
Tagged as:
- historical 16
- tortured hero 16
- victorian 16
- friends to lovers 16
- take-charge heroine 15
- virgin heroine 10
- regency 9
- sweet/gentle heroine 4
- disabilities & scars 4
- independent heroine 3
- slow burn 3
- cheerful/happy heroine 3
- m-f romance 3
- age gap 2
- friends with benefits 2
- abduction 2
- competent heroine 2
- aristo/royal heroine 2
- bad boys 2
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 6
- terminal illness 4
- gambling 3
- child death 3
- geography
- england 4
- united kingdom 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 3
- third person pov 1
romance tags
The 'Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James' series
3.86 · 288 ratings
victorian · audiobook · m-f · england · regency · historical · dual-pov · third-person-pov · united-kingdom · forced proximity · independent heroine · europe · strong heroine · sweet heroine · tortured hero · open-door · british-isles · possessive hero · sassy heroine · class difference
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