01941cam a2200337 i 4500 1169263217 TxGeo 20240314120000.0 240314s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781420155402 pbk. 1420155407 pbk. TxGeo rda Bradley, Anna. Damned if I duke. New York, NY : Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp, 2024. 363 pages ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Drop dead dukes ; 2 "Bold and adventurous, Prudence Thorne is not the kind of woman to stand by meekly when someone she loves has been wronged. And she’s quite certain that Jasper Vincent, Duke of Montford, somehow duped her father into racking up enormous gambling debts. When fate offers her a chance to blackmail Jasper into forgiving her father’s losses, she seizes it . . . only to have her scheme backfire. Jasper enjoys London’s illicit delights too much to wed. Too bad his grandfather has decided that a woman with the nerve to blackmail might be exactly the sort of wife to tame him. Pressed into a marriage neither wanted—and fighting a desire neither expected—Prue and Jasper torment and tempt each other beyond reason. Surely a proper duchess should be subdued, obedient, and dignified? Yet just as he begins to get his wish, Jasper realizes how much he wants his unconventional wife—and only her—if it’s not too late to win her"-- Provided by publisher. 20240325. Debt Fiction. Marriage Fiction. Nobility Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Drop dead dukes ; 2. QS5