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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Thwarting the Duke by Julie Johnstone

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Also by Julie Johnstone:

Tangled Up with the Highlander, September 2024
Paperback / e-Book
Highland Reckoning, April 2022
e-Book
Scandalous Scot, May 2020
e-Book
Seductive Scot, May 2020
e-Book
Sexy Scot, April 2020
e-Book
Sinful Scot, March 2020
e-Book
Highland Defender, December 2018
e-Book
Outlaw King, September 2018
e-Book
When a Scot Gives His Heart, May 2018
e-Book
My Daring Duchess, February 2018
e-Book
Thwarting the Duke, June 2016
e-Book
When a Laird Loves a Lady, April 2016
e-Book
Once Upon a True Love's Kiss, January 2016
e-Book
A Summons from the Duke of Danby, July 2015
e-Book
My Seductive Innocent, April 2015
e-Book
After Forever, December 2014
e-Book
Conspiring with a Rogue, November 2014
Paperback / e-Book
My Fair Duchess, October 2014
e-Book
Season For Surrender, May 2014
e-Book
Echoes in the Silence, April 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Dancing With A Devil, March 2014
Paperback / e-Book
The Redemption of a Dissolute Earl, January 2014
e-Book
A Gentlemen's Pact, December 2013
e-Book
What A Rogue Wants, October 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Bargaining With a Rake, February 2013
Paperback / e-Book

Also by Sue London:

Thwarting the Duke, June 2016
e-Book
Saving Peresphone, June 2015
Hardcover / e-Book

Also by Ava Stone:

The Duke of Danby's Holiday Hijinx, November 2018
e-Book
Kissed at Christmas, October 2017
e-Book
Vexed, October 2016
e-Book
Thwarting the Duke, June 2016
e-Book
Stay With Me, December 2015
e-Book
Like It's the First Time, December 2015
e-Book
The Duke's Christmas Greetings, November 2015
e-Book
A Summons from the Duke of Danby, July 2015
e-Book
Promises Made, March 2015
e-Book
Live Like You Mean It, February 2015
e-Book
Catch Me Now, January 2015
e-Book
The Perfect Date, November 2014
e-Book
One Haunted Evening, October 2014
e-Book
A Scandalous Deception, September 2014
e-Book
From the Ballroom and Beyond, September 2014
e-Book
An Encounter at Hyde Park, August 2014
Paperback / e-Book
In the Stars, April 2014
e-Book
To Catch a Captain, January 2014
e-Book
Encounter With an Adventurer, September 2013
e-Book
An Encounter at the Museum, March 2013
e-Book
The English Lieutenant's Lady, June 2012
e-Book
My Favorite Major, April 2012
e-Book
A Scandalous Wife, March 2012
e-Book
A Scandalous Charade, March 2012
Trade Size / e-Book
A Scandalous Past, March 2012
Trade Size / e-Book
A Scandalous Pursuit, March 2012
Trade Size / e-Book
A Scandalous Secret, August 2011
e-Book

Thwarting the Duke
Julie Johnstone, Sue London, Ava Stone

When the Duke Comes to Town #2
Author Self-Published
June 2016
On Sale: May 24, 2016
ISBN: 0157630137
EAN: 2940157630133
Kindle: B01CW9SB4I
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Novella / Short Story | Romance Anthology | Romance Historical

When the Duke of Danby comes to London for the Season, anything can happen!

Thwaring the Duke contains...

LADY HOPE'S DASHING DEVIL by AVA STONE

Lady Hope Post has suffered the most rotten luck over the last year. She’s lost the love of her life. Her great-uncle and Machiavellian matchmaker the Duke of Danby has a special license just waiting for her somewhere. And after one tiny little phaeton accident in the park, the most devilish earl attempts to blackmail her over the incident.

Thaddeus Baxter, the Earl of Kilworth has every intention of restoring luster to the earldom he’s inherited from his ne’er-do-well cousin, but when an adventurous lady upends his phaeton in the park, all of Thad’s perfectly respectable plans are tossed out the window. What are the odds he’d cross paths with the same girl who’d nearly brought down his cousin’s earldom in the first place? And what are the odds he’d lose his heart to her as well?

IT'S IN THE DUKE'S KISS by JULIE JOHNSTONE

Lady Emmaline Radcliffe always knew she never wanted to marry a man who embraced the rules of Society. But when her mother threatens to secure a suitable match for Emma if she cannot make one on her own, Emma sets out to determine if her girlhood infatuation is the love she’s been looking for. Nathaniel did save her life once, after all. But when she finds herself in the arms of the gentleman’s brother—the serious and proper Duke of Blackbourne—she begins to question all she ever thought she desired.

Lucian, the Duke of Blackbourne, is tired of playing keeper to his irresponsible brother. He vows to quit, but when his brother resolves to seduce the impetuous Lady Emmaline, Lucian knows he must save his foolish brother and the innocent debutante from themselves. Yet his plan to intercede goes awry when he finds himself drawn to the woman who is everything he was positive he didn’t want in a wife.

But his brother won’t give up so easily, and soon Lucian’s well-intentioned plans are revealed. Now to keep Lady Emmaline’s heart he must prove that he’s truly not the stuffy, sneaky duke he seems to be.

HER RELUCTANT LORD by SUE LONDON

Miss Agatha Chase has more than enough problems simply keeping her household together, with three younger brothers and one aged servant. Now a great-uncle she's never heard from before has offered to sponsor her for a Season in London. She is far too old for such frivolity, but everyone tells her that you don't say no to a duke!

Laurence Garner has unexpectedly inherited his brother's title, Viscount of Rothering. He's a man of honor, but the tiresome duties of nobility chafe for a man used to the open sea. And now he's squiring an insipid miss around London as a favor for a friend! If only something exciting would happen.

When the Duke Comes to Town

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