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***THE SWOONIEST, FUNNIEST REGENCY ROMANCE OF THE SEASON, PERFECT FOR FANS OF BRIDGERTON***

Featured in Entertainment Weekly, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Red, Oprah Daily, and more…

STRATAGEM FOR THE RESTORATION OF RESPECTABILITY TO THE DUKE OF STANHOPE:

Step 1: Find perfect wife
Step 2: Save reputation from ruin
Step 3: Do not, at any cost, fall in love with Selina Ravenscroft

Peter Kent, newly inherited Duke of Stanhope, has developed quite the scandalous reputation – which must be overturned if he is to win the guardianship of his young half siblings.

For help he turns to Lady Selina Ravenscroft, society’s most proper debutante (save one tiny secret…). She suggests courtship and marriage to a lady of unimpeachable character – which due to the aforementioned secret is definitely not Selina herself.

But her matchmaking goes awry when the scorching chemistry between them proves impossible to resist. For the disreputable duke and his unpredictable matchmaker, falling in love might just be the ultimate scandal…

‘Steamy and witty’ Red
‘A gem … dazzling banter’ New York Times
‘Brimming with heart’ Good Housekeeping

READERS LOVE NE’ER DUKE WELL:
‘Heartwarming and very sexy’ ***** NetGalley review
‘I devoured it!’ ***** NetGalley review
‘I NEED more of it, desperately’ ***** NetGalley review
‘Had me fully gripped and swooning’ ***** NetGalley review

Publisher Review

Sparks fly in this steamy and witty Regency romance * Red * The plot feels fresh and exciting … As hot as it is heartfelt, this will have historical romance fans hooked * Publishers Weekly, starred review * The genuine humor and solid character development will keep readers turning the pages. A sparkling launch to a promising new Regency series set at a woman-run library * Kirkus * An irresistible delight from a remarkable new talent. Lovely, witty, and benevolently clever . . .does interesting things with genre tropes, making historical romance fresh and exciting. Vasti has quickly earned her place on my list of favourite writers. — India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels A delightful, quicksilver romp — Deanna Raybourn, bestselling author of The Veronica Speedwell series The kind of writing that makes me scream and kick my feet in public places — Mazey Eddings, author of The Plus One A witty page-turner . . . I didn’t want their antics to end — Virginia Heath, author of Never Fall for Your Fiancee Warm, wonderfully witty, and oh-so-sexy — Amy Rose Bennett, author of Up All Night with a Good Duke A welcome addition to the world of historical romance * Oprah Daily *