Ne'er Duke Well (Belvoir's Library #1)
Alexandra Vasti
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· 94 ratings · 345 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2024
Peter Kent―newly inherited Duke of Stanhope and recently of New Orleans, Louisiana―must become respectable. Between his radical politics and the time he interrupted a minor royal wedding with a flock of sheep―not his fault!―he’s developed a scandalous reputation at odds with his goal of becoming guardian to his half siblings. For help, he turns to the cleverest and most managing woman of his acquaintance, Lady Selina Ravenscroft.
Selina is society’s most proper debutante, save one tiny secret: she runs an erotic circulating library for women. When Peter asks for her help, she suggests courtship and marriage to a lady of unimpeachable reputation. (Which is to say, definitely not herself.)
But matchmaking doesn’t go according to plan. Peter’s siblings run rampant on Bond Street. Selina ends up in the Serpentine. And worst of all, the scorching chemistry between Peter and Selina proves impossible to resist. For the disreputable duke and his unpredictable matchmaker, falling in love just might be the ultimate scandal.
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Tagged as:
- historical 22
- friends to lovers 19
- regency 19
- m-f romance 18
- aristo/royal heroine 17
- funny 16
- marriage of convenience 16
- virgin heroine 16
- competent heroine 16
- take-charge heroine 16
- sweet/gentle hero 15
- found family 14
- rich heroine 14
- independent heroine 14
- rich hero 13
- politician hero 13
- sunny/happy hero 12
- tall heroine 8
- sweet/gentle heroine 7
- forced proximity 6
- hurt/comfort 5
- new adult 4
- cheerful/happy heroine 4
- political/court intrigue 2
- childfree 1
- survival 1
- working class heroine 1
- early 20s fmc 1
- late 20s mmc 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 13
- child death 11
- misogyny 10
- slut shaming 9
- past child neglect 9
- third party abuse 7
- terminal illness 5
- mental trauma 1
- geography
- england 15
- united kingdom 8
- europe 7
- british isles 6
- north america 1
- louisiana 1
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 17
- third person pov 12
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The 'Belvoir's Library' series
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