I still love it and could re-read it tomorrow if I had the time, but I would just note that it does start off showing the H&H in rather unfavorable lights and it takes awhile to unpack that. Anyways, it was not as loved by my fellow readers. It really surprised me when I got an ARC and I didn't want to miss buddy reading for it.

I joined a Buddy Read for this one because I have read most of the recent New Releases as a Buddy Read in the HRBC by Caroline Linden. Update April 2022 - listened to the audiobook for the first time. And when Max realizes how beautiful and intelligent and desirable Bianca is, he’ll have to prove he’s no rogue, but the passionately devoted husband she craves…

Married or not, Bianca is determined to protect her family’s prosperous ceramics business, even when Max shows an affinity for it-not to mention a dangerous ability to intrigue and tempt Bianca herself. But an unexpected stroke of luck gives him an outside chance at a dukedom-and which Tate sister he weds hardly seems to matter. Perched on the lowest branch of his family tree, Max has relied on charm and cunning to survive. Defiantly she helps Cathy elope with her true love, and takes her sister’s place at the altar. And when Max realizes how beautiful and intelligent and desirable Bianca is, he'll have to prove he's no rogue, but the passionately devoted husband she craves.The first book in the new series Desperately Seeking Duke from USA Today bestselling and RITA award-winning author Caroline Linden.īianca Tate is horrified when her sister Cathy is obliged to accept an offer of marriage from Maximilian St. Married or not, Bianca is determined to protect her family's prosperous ceramics business, even when Max shows an affinity for it-not to mention a dangerous ability to intrigue and tempt Bianca herself.

Defiantly she helps Cathy elope with her true love, and takes her sister's place at the altar. It's no love match.īianca Tate is horrified when her sister Cathy is obliged to accept an offer of marriage from Maximilian St. The first book in the new series Desperately Seeking Duke from USA Today bestselling and RITA award-winning author Caroline Linden.

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