title: My Fair Duchess: A Dukes Behaving Badly Novel
author:  Megan Frampton 
description: Ms. Frampton brings humorous charm and seasoned class to a scenario done many times. My Fair Duchess is a twist on an old gem that develops a life of its own...what ensues is ultimate chaos with irresistible heart. Another classic in the making. (Night Owl Reviews)<br /><br />Frampton bases her novel on an actual law that allowed a woman to inherit a dukedom. And the My Fair Lady premise allows this talented writer to craft a delightful, sometimes humorous, sometimes highly poignant and always powerful romance. (RT Book Reviews)<br /><br />My Fair Duchess, Framptons marvelously clever riff on Pygmalion and the latest in her Dukes Behaving Badly series, following Why do Dukes Fall in Love (2016), is another captivating symphony of scintillating wit and sophisticated sensuality brilliantly conducted by an author writing at the top of her game. (Booklist <strong>(starred review)</strong>)
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  **Chapter 6**
  
  
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  Beth was astonished how easy it was for two people to avoid meeting at
  Belcraven, especially when one seemed set on it. Beth only encountered the
  marquess at dinner and for the social interaction which followed. Moreover,
  after that first occasion, it was never just the family.
  
  
  There was a resident chaplain at Belcraven, the Reverend Augustus Steep, who
  also served as the family archivist and historian. A Mrs. Sysonby turned up
  from time to time. She was a distant connection of the duke's who had found
  herself impoverished in widowhood. She had been taken in as companion to the
  duchess but as the duchess felt no need of a companion and Mrs. Sysonby was an
  enthusiastic entomologist, the lady lived independently in her rooms pursuing
  her hobby, coming and going as she pleased.
  
  
  The duchess's émigré aunt and uncle, the Comte and Comtesse de Nouilly,
  inhabited one whole wing along with a crippled