Along Came a Duke (37 page)

However, if your wishes are to meet a sensible lady, then perhaps . . .

He paused and looked at that one word.
Perhaps
.

No, he couldn't, he thought, shaking his head. But then he glanced at the letter again, and against every bit of sense he possessed (for Preston had been correct about one thing; Henry was overly sensible), he called for Benley to bring him a pen and some plain vellum.

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ELIZABETH BOYLE
has always loved romance and now lives it each and every day by writing adventurous and passionate stories that readers from all around the world have described as “page-turners.” Since first being published in 1996, she's seen her books become
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By Elizabeth Boyle

A
LONG
C
AME A
D
UKE

L
ORD
L
ANGLEY
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S
B
ACK IN
T
OWN

M
AD
A
BOUT THE
D
UKE

H
OW
I M
ET
M
Y
C
OUNTESS

M
EMOIRS OF A
S
CANDALOUS
R
ED
D
RESS

C
ONFESSIONS OF A
L
ITTLE
B
LACK
G
OWN

T
EMPTED
B
Y THE
N
IGHT

L
OVE
L
ETTERS
F
ROM A
D
UKE

H
IS
M
ISTRESS
B
Y
M
ORNING

T
HIS
R
AKE OF
M
INE

S
OMETHING
A
BOUT
E
MMALINE

I
T
T
AKES A
H
ERO

S
TEALING THE
B
RIDE

O
NE
N
IGHT OF
P
ASSION

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NCE
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EMPTED

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O
M
ARRIAGE OF
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ONVENIENCE

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Excerpt from
And the Miss Ran Away With the Rake
copyright © 2013 by Elizabeth Boyle

ALONG CAME A DUKE
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EPub Edition JUNE 2012 ISBN: 9780062089038

Print Edition ISBN: 9780062089069

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