title: How to Seduce a Duke (Royle Sisters)
author:  Kathryn Caskie 
description: Unlike her sisters Elizabeth and Ann, who are convinced that they are secretly descended from royalty, practical Mary Royle refuses to waste her time with that particular Banbury tale. Instead, Mary is determined to find a way to capture the romantic affections of war-hero Quinn Wetherly. Convinced that Mary is nothing more than a scheming fortune hunter, Quinn's older brother Rogan Wetherly, the Duke of Blackstone, decides to get Quinn out of Mary's matrimonial-minded clutches by matching Quinn up with the lovely widow Portia Tidwell. Since Quinn seems to be too busy with Portia, Mary is at first pleasantly surprised when Rogan offers to escort her around, but once she discovers Rogan's real motive, Mary decides to turn the tables on the "Black Duke" and seduce him instead. This is the first in a deliciously fun historical Regency series featuring the Royle sisters and their search for their true heritage and another of Caskie's wickedly witty, superbly sexy, laughter-laced literary confections. <i>John Charles</i><br><i>Copyright &#169; American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  Falling for a duke in disguise!
  
  Never welcomed into society circles, Rosalind Allen gave up her marriage
  prospects long ago—life has taught her she’ll only get hurt. So she’s shocked
  when an encounter with a mysterious stranger makes her long to reconsider...
  
  Little does Rosalind know that her mystery man is Leo Beauchamp, Duke of
  Cheriton, traveling in disguise to evade the ladies of the ton! Impoverished
  Rosalind is the first woman to captivate Leo—but can he persuade this wary
  Cinderella to trust him with her heart?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hard fingers gripped her upper arm, pulling her around to face him. Rosalind’s
  breath grew short as Leo gazed down at her, and her cheeks heated.
  
  She swallowed and tentatively tugged her arm from his grasp. He released her
  immediately, but she remained pinned in place by the command of those silver-
  gray eyes. Up close, she could see the shadow of dark stubble on his jaw and
  cheek. It gave him a dangerous, almost piratical, air and yet her fi