title: A Most Unlikely Duke: Diamonds in the Rough
author:  Sophie Barnes 
description: &#8220;Barnes launches her new Diamonds in the Rough series on a high note by putting her own smart and sexy spin on <em>Pygmalion </em>with an entrancing story about a heroine with a kind heart and [...] a rough-around-the-edges but high-quality-where-it-counts hero.&#8221; (Booklist)
zlib_text: An Unexpected Temptation
  
  The Townsbridges, Volume 6
  
  Sophie Barnes
  
  Published by Sophie Barnes, 2020.
  
  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are
  entirely coincidental.
  
  AN UNEXPECTED TEMPTATION
  
   **First edition. December 8, 2020.**
  
  Copyright © 2020 Sophie Barnes.
  
  Written by Sophie Barnes.
  
   **Table of Contents**
  
  Title Page
  
  Copyright Page
  
  By Sophie Barnes | Novels
  
  Novellas
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Epilogue
  
  When Love Leads to Scandal | Chapter One
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  About The Author
  
  Sign up for Sophie Barnes's Mailing List
  
  Further Reading: The Forgotten Duke
  
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  Her Seafaring Scoundrel
  
  The Forgotten Duke
  
  More Than A Rogue
  
  The Infamous Duchess
  
  No Ordinary Duke
  
  The Illegitimate Duke
  
  The Girl Who Stepped Into The Past
  
  The Duke of Her