How Not to Marry a Duke

by Tina Gabrielle

Overview

From the moment her pet pig attacks him, Adeline Foster knows she does not care at all for the Duke of Warwick. Certainly the man is handsome, but such an arrogant arse. But when her scoundrel half brother demands she marry a stranger over a failed investment, the duke does something shocking…he announces he’s courting her.

One moment, Daniel Millstone is enjoying tinkering with his inventions in his quiet country home with relative anonymity. The next, he’s courting the willful Miss Adeline. It might have begun as a way to vex her half brother—his childhood nemesis—but her striking beauty and kissable lips prove an irresistible temptation.

Now Adeline and her faux beau must convince the ton and their families that they’re an item. It doesn’t matter if they can barely tolerate each other. It doesn’t matter that scandal is only a touch away. Because if this charade doesn’t work, Adeline will find herself in dangerous hands…

Each book in the Daring Ladies series is STANDALONE:
* One Night with an Earl
* How Not to Marry a Duke
* Make Mine a Marquess

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781649373793
Publisher:	Entangled Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	04/25/2023
Series:	The Daring Ladies , #2
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	65,868
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Bestselling author Tina Gabrielle is an attorney and mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina also writes the bestselling Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean cozy mystery series as Tina Kashian. She grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. English is her second language. Tina’s books have been Barnes&Noble top picks, and her first book, Lady Of Scandal, was nominated as Best First Historical by Romantic Times Book Reviews. Tina lives in New Jersey and is married to her own hero and is blessed with two daughters.
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Editorial Reviews

03/20/2023

Gabrielle’s fast-paced second Daring Ladies Regency (after One Night with an Earl) pairs a stoic white duke and the strong-willed, mixed-race daughter of an earl. After Adeline Foster’s father dies, her white half brother, Edwin, throws Adeline, whose mother was Lebanese, out of her childhood home and into the family’s run-down hunting cottage. There, her new neighbor, the handsome but unpleasant Daniel Millstone, Duke of Warwick, pays a visit, ending in a skirmish with Adeline’s pet pig, Henry. Daniel left the bustle of society to focus on his scientific studies and he wants to be sure that Adeline’s presence will not distract him. But when Daniel hears of Edwin’s plan to force Adeline into an unwanted marriage to save their family from financial ruin, he does something rash and proclaims that he is courting Adeline. The ruse will protect Adeline from the unwanted match, but to pull it off, the bickering duo will have to persuade both their families and all of society that they are in love. Gabrielle delivers plenty of fun banter without shying away from the racist realities of the time. Fans of the fake relationship trope and anyone looking for diverse historical romance should check this out. Agent: Stephany Evans, Pande Literary. (May)

Publishers Weekly

03/24/2023

Gabrielle (One Night with an Earl) has written a great stand-alone addition to the "Daring Ladies" series in which the romance sizzles. Lady Adeline Foster is a brilliant and progressive healer of Middle Eastern heritage, who had to relocate to a dilapidated country house when her half-brother cast her out of her family home, following their father's death. If that is not difficult enough for Adeline to manage, her half-brother shows up to retrieve her as he has betrothed her to a moneylender to settle his debts. Daniel, the eccentric British Duke of Warwick, just wanted the peacefulness of the country to work on his inventions but ends up dealing with his beautiful neighbor's escapist pet pig and howling dogs. Meeting Adeline sends the duke into an unplanned courtship with her to thwart her half-brother, who Daniel recognizes as his old childhood bully. However, Daniel and Adeline unwillingly realize their fake courtship might be stirring up real attraction and love. VERDICT An enjoyable read with a great dynamic between the two main characters and a refreshing blend of cultures rarely seen in historical romances.—Bridgette Whitt

Library Journal