May I Have This Duke - previously available in Dancing in the Duke\'s Arms Gerard Hammersley, Duke of Hardcastle, is dragooned by an old friend Into attending a House party, though Hardcastle refuses to fall prey to the matchmakers who relish such gatherings.
Liking turns to love under the Cumbrian summer moon, but family obligations, secrets, and a prodigal duck conspire to thwart the course of true love..
Anne warms to the lonely man and conscientious father behind the title, and Elias becomes enthralled with the brilliant, burdened woman beneath Anne\'s genteel facade.
The Duke of My Dreams -previously available in Once Upon a Dream Banker\'s daughter Anne Faraday is cast Into the company of Elias, Duke of Sedgemere, at House Party in the Lakes.
Second, she\'s departing from Hardcastle\'s household at the conclusion of the House party, and two weeks safeguarding His Grace\'s bachelorhood is as much pleasure-and as much torment-as she can endure before she leaves him.
First, she\'s been attracted to His Grace since the day she laid eyes on him, and knows that behind Hardcastle\'s lack of charm lies a ferociously loyal and faithful heart.
Ellen agrees to Hardcastle\'s scheme for two reasons.
He recruits his nephew\'s prim, prickly governess, Miss Ellen MacHugh, to preserve him from being compromised by the matchmakes, and offers in exchange to deflect the amorous viscounts who plague Ellen.
May I Have This Duke - previously available in Dancing in the Duke\'s Arms Gerard Hammersley, Duke of Hardcastle, is dragooned by an old friend Into attending a House party, though Hardcastle refuses to fall prey to the matchmakers who relish such gatherings
