Any Duchess Will Do: A Regency Historical Romance Featuring a Marriage of Convenience and Fake Dating (Spindle Cove, 4)

Any Duchess Will Do: A Regency Historical Romance Featuring a Marriage of Convenience and Fake Dating (Spindle Cove, 4)

<span><i>What's a duke to do, when the girl who's perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can't live without?</i><br><br>Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season--or any season--but his diabolical mother abducts him to "Spinster Cove" and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl.<br><br>Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn't dream about dukes. All she wants is to hang up her barmaid apron and open a bookshop. That dream becomes a possibility when an arrogant, sinfully attractive duke offers her a small fortune for a week's employment. Her duties are simple: submit to his mother's "duchess training"... and fail miserably.<br><br>But in London, Pauline isn't a miserable failure. She's a brave, quick-witted, beguiling failure--a woman who ignites Griff's desire and soothes the darkness in his soul. Keeping Pauline by his side won't be easy. Even if Society could accept a serving girl duchess--can a roguish duke convince a serving girl to trust him with her heart?</span>