The Wicked Ways of a Duke

November 5, 2007
The latest installment in Guhrke's Girl-Bachelor Chronicles (after And Then He Kissed Her
) is a capable Victorian that finds an unlikely heiress and a penniless duke headed for the altar. Prudence Bosworth is working as a lowly seamstress when she discovers that her absentee father has died a wealthy man in America and named her his sole beneficiary. But in order to inherit his vast fortune, the will stipulates that she must marry within the year. Prudence is pleasantly surprised when Rhys De Winter, the duke of St. Cyres, showers her with attention and affection. Naturally, he's hoping to restore his family's coffers, but is caught off guard when a very real attraction builds between them. Though Prudence's reverent, unsuspecting attitude toward St. Cyres might strike readers as unrealistically naïve, they should enjoy the transformation it inspires in selfish St. Cyres, and the distinctive conclusion is satisfying.

December 15, 2007
Vaulted into the world of the socially elite when she inherits a fortune from her American millionaire father, seamstress Prudence Bosworth becomes fair game for fortune hunters. Still, when she falls for the Duke of St. Cyres, she thinks her life is completeuntil she learns that the land-rich but cash-poor duke has deceived her and thinks he is only after her wealth. This sparkling, steamy romp is a delightful, compelling read, the second in the author's Victorian girl bachelor series. Guhrke ("And Then He Kissed Her") lives in Idaho.

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