***THE SWOONIEST, FUNNIEST REGENCY ROMANCE OF THE SEASON, PERFECT FOR FANS OF BRIDGERTON***

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Featured in Entertainment Weekly, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Red, Oprah Daily, and more...

STRATAGEM FOR THE RESTORATION OF RESPECTABILITY TO THE DUKE OF STANHOPE:

Step 1: Find perfect wife
Step 2: Save reputation from ruin
Step 3: Do not, at any cost, fall in love with Selina Ravenscroft

Peter Kent, newly inherited Duke of Stanhope, has developed quite the scandalous reputation - which must be overturned if he is to win the guardianship of his young half siblings.

For help he turns to Lady Selina Ravenscroft, society's most proper debutante (save one tiny secret...). She suggests courtship and marriage to a lady of unimpeachable character - which due to the aforementioned secret is definitely not Selina herself.

But her matchmaking goes awry when the scorching chemistry between them proves impossible to resist. For the disreputable duke and his unpredictable matchmaker, falling in love might just be the ultimate scandal...

'Steamy and witty' Red
'A gem ... dazzling banter' New York Times
'Brimming with heart' Good Housekeeping


READERS LOVE NE'ER DUKE WELL:
'Heartwarming and very sexy' ***** NetGalley review
'I devoured it!' ***** NetGalley review
'I NEED more of it, desperately' ***** NetGalley review
'Had me fully gripped and swooning' ***** NetGalley review

Sparks fly in this steamy and witty Regency romance * Red *
A romance brimming with heart * Good Housekeeping *
A gem of a Regency [romance], with dazzling banter and more than the usual amount of charm * New York Times *
The plot feels fresh and exciting ... As hot as it is heartfelt, this will have historical romance fans hooked * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
The genuine humor and solid character development will keep readers turning the pages. A sparkling launch to a promising new Regency series set at a woman-run library * Kirkus *
An irresistible delight from a remarkable new talent. Lovely, witty, and benevolently clever . . .does interesting things with genre tropes, making historical romance fresh and exciting. Vasti has quickly earned her place on my list of favourite writers. -- India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
A delightful, quicksilver romp -- Deanna Raybourn, bestselling author of The Veronica Speedwell series

The kind of writing that makes me scream and kick my feet in public places

Alexandra Vasti loves coffee, beignets, and books, in no particular order. She is the author of the Halifax Hellions series. In between writing swoony Regency romances with hijinks and heart, she teaches British and Caribbean literature in New Orleans.