A Groom Of One’s Own

Miss Harlow’s Marriage In High Life

A handsome duke. His beautiful soon-to-be duchess. A whirlwind courtship. It is this author’s privilege to report on the event all of London is talking about: the upcoming wedding of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon to the only daughter of the Duke of Richmond. Every details of the “Wedding of the Year” will be reported in these pages as a London Weekly exclusive.

But I, Miss Sophie Harlow, must confess to a secret infatuation with this “double duke” that can only lead to trouble. It is impossible that this notoriously upstanding gentleman would ever jilt his bride for a scandalous female newspaper writer. And yet…the arrival of a foreign prince, the discovery of a shocking secret, and one passionate kiss could change everything. Will this perfect duke risk the scandal of the year to marry the woman his heart desires?

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In which the duke is tempted.

“Are you a rake?”

For a second Brandon’s breath caught in his throat. No one ever teased him anymore. No one suspected him of rakish behavior, either. He liked not being the duke and just being Mr. Brandon. It was too bad that this could not last.

“I am certainly not a rake,” he answered honestly.

“Well, you have done your duty as a gentleman and have seen me home safely. I greatly enjoyed our walk.”

“And I as well,” he said. He wanted to tell her it was the happiest hour he could recall, and that he did not want it to end. He wanted to walk to Scotland and back if it meant listening to her and making her laugh.

But he had a fiancée, an inviolable sense of honor, and a life that belonged to the dukedom, not to him. Though he was a master of self-restraint, a man could only take so much temptation.

In the end, he only said, “Good, Miss Harlow.”

“Goodbye, Mr. Brandon.”

Mr. Brandon indeed. If only she knew…

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