Duke Most Wicked by Lenora Bell

Duke Most Wicked by Lenora Bell

USA Today bestselling author Lenora Bell returns to the Wallflowers vs. Rogues series with a brilliant new novel about a scandalous duke and a wallflower with a secret.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a wicked duke who has gambled away his fortune must be in want of an heiress.

Scarred by a dark secret, Brandan Delamar, Duke of Westbury, must concede his misdeeds have finally caught up with him. With five younger sisters to support, he must marry for money.

Sunny and steadfast, Viola Beaton is no heiress. As music instructor to the duke's sisters, she's developed a genuine affection for the bright young ladies. Unfortunately, she's also developed a forbidden passion for her wildly attractive employer. 

It must be the way he inspires her to compose sonatas about moonlight and kisses. Or how his gaze smolders and lingers on her skin. Or because he makes her heart whisper impossible things.

When Westbury decrees that he'll choose not only a bride, but grooms for his sisters, Viola can't allow him to curtail their freedom. She strikes a bargain: if he allows his sisters to attend the Season, Viola will chaperone them and keep them safe from scandal.

Only...what if Viola and the duke are the ones most likely to cause a scandal? 

Lenora Bell is a bestselling and award-winning historical romance author. She won the Golden Heart Award for Best Historical Romance from Romance Writers of America in 2014, and the RT Book Reviews award for best first historical in 2016. She grew up in a small Alaskan town with no traffic lights, and she credits her lifelong love of books to those long, dark winters. She has lived and worked on five continents, but now lives with her carpenter husband and two tiger-striped rescue kitties in an ancient farmhouse in the Pacific Northwest.