An excerpt from A Groom Of One’s Own is here! Before you read it, read all about it! The duke and his writing girl are quite alone. There is head bonking involved. There is definitely some very impertinent behavior from one Miss Sophie Harlow. The duke, ever so gracious and…ducal, tolerates it all marvelously. And there is a list of his Desirable Qualities In A Wife.

Some of y’all loyal readers might recall that I posted the “naked” dialogue only version of this scene. Some of y’all might want to check that out here.

Some more secrets about the scene:

1. It’s one of my favorites.
2. The basis of the scene—the list—is from a very old draft/version of this book. It’s one of my darlings that I couldn’t quite get rid of.
3. It takes place immediately after a meeting between the duke, his fiancé, their mothers, and Miss Harlow to discuss the upcoming wedding. Our dear heroine will write all about said meeting in her column, Miss Harlow’s Marriage In High Life, and she will not find it easy to do so.
4. Sophie and the duke are interrupted at the end. Are they caught in a compromising position so soon!?!?
5. I think four secrets are quite enough, especially when I have a wedding of my own to plan!