title: To Desire a Wicked Duke (Courtship Wars, Book 6)
author:  Nicole Jordan 
description: Jordan concludes her Courtship Wars Regency trilogy with a clichd romance featuring a saintly, sassy heroine determined to protect her heart; a rake who constantly meddles in the heroine's life; a forced marriage; and a ghostly subplot at a castle on the coast. Two years after Tess Blanchard's fianc was killed at war, she falls into the arms of his cousin Ian Sutherland, the duke of Rotham. The two are caught by Tess's patroness, who insists they marry. Tess responds to Ian physically, but despises his wicked reputation and high-handed manner. Ian, actually quite deserving of love, keeps major secrets that fit the narrative but highlight his astounding lack of emotional self-awareness. Add a series-linking subplot involving a onetime courtesan, a child who may or may not be the hero's by-blow, and predictably purple love scenes, and the checklist is complete. (Mar.) <br />(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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  Whom Shall I Marry... An Earl or A Duke?
  
  Tricking the Scoundrels, Volume 2
  
  Laura A. Barnes
  
  Published by Laura A. Barnes, 2019.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Laura A. Barnes
  
  All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or
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  First Printing: 2019
  
  Laura A. Barnes
  
  [www.lauraabarnes.com](http://www.lauraabarnes.com/)
  
  Cover Art by Cheeky Covers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Title Page](index_split_000.html#filepos385)
  
  [Copyright Page](index_split_001.html#filepos800)
  
  [Dedication](index_split_003.html#filepos3529)
  
  [Prologue](index_split_004.html#filepos3922)
  
  [Chapter One](index_split_006.html#filepos30019)
  
  [Chapter Two](index_split_008.html#filepos47821)
  
  [Chapter Three](index_split_010.html#filepos66609)
  
  [Chapter Four](index_split_012.html#filepos77550)
  
  [Chapter Five](index_