My Secret Duke

Does the feisty Miss Gabriella Parker know the man in the mask? Who could he be?

Readers who have enjoyed the inspirational, clean, and heartfelt stories of authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Charles Dickens may enjoy this great story about one of the most important things in life - finding love.

Miss Gabriella Parker is the youngest child and only daughter of Mr. Cecil Parker, a prominent landowner from Kent. Spoiled and privileged, she possesses not only wit but beauty. Making her debut in London for her first season, she makes a vow not to fall in love or think about marriage.

With her mind made up, she knows that matrimony is inevitable, but she is young, and she has plenty of time to find a husband. Why rush into anything when she is having so much fun dancing and dining at all the best parties? Unfortunately, she discovers that love is an emotion that cannot be controlled or planned, no matter how much she wishes it. In London, she experiences life and romance, learning far too late, that love can be complicated, heartbreaking and thrilling. Older and wiser after her first season, she decides that if she must marry, she will find a gentleman who deserves her and her enormous dowry.

With the help of a wayward cat, a well-meaning friend, and her trusted maid, she searches among the eligible men of society for a handsome and wealthy husband. Rich men pursue Miss Gabriella, she flirts with the wrong ones and loses her heart along the way. As she looks for the man she is destined to marry, she never suspects that sometimes the first move in the game of love is disguised. If you love Regency, inspirational-romance stories that are clean and wholesome and often include dukes, earls, barons, marquesses, lords and ladies, you will enjoy this book.

*This is a historical Regency romance novel of 30,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a sweet happily ever after.

This book is included in the Regency Engagements Box Set.

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