If I Only Had a Duke by Lenora Bell

If I Only Had a Duke by Lenora Bell

After three failed seasons and a disastrous jilting, Lady Dorothea Beaumont has had more than enough of her family's scheming. She won't domesticate a duke, entangle an earl, or vie for a viscount. She will quietly exit to her aunt's Irish estate for a life of blissful freedom. Until an arrogant, sinfully handsome duke singles her out for a waltz, making Thea the most popular belle of the season.

The duke ruined her plans and he'll just have to fix them.

Dalton, Duke of Osborne, is far too heartless for debutantes or marriage--he uses dalliances and public spectacle to distract from his real purpose: finding the man who destroyed his family. When his search leads to Ireland, the last thing he needs is the determined, achingly innocent Thea, who arrives in the dead of night demanding he escort her to her aunt. His foolish agreement may prove his undoing. The road to the Emerald Isle is faught with unforeseen dangers, but the greatest peril of all might just be discovering that he has a heart...and he's losing it to Thea.

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.