Cinderella and the Duke

Name: Cinderella and the Duke
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Lydia Drake
ISBN: 9798765075067

Author: Lydia Drake

Series: Cinderella and the Duke #1

Narrator: Kate Sanders

Unabridged: 10 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/27/2022

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Miss Julia Beaumont has exactly one night to find herself a husband . . .

The Weatherford Ball is the last chance Julia Beaumont has to escape the clutches of her horrid stepmother. Any potential husband will do—rich, poor, even a reasonably well-groomed walrus. But all of Julia's matrimonial chances are completely obliterated . . . thanks to the actions of an infuriating and utterly rakish duke.

Gregory Carter, Duke of Ashworth, would never risk his cherished bachelorhood by flirting with marriage-starved debutantes. But one look at the luscious and refreshingly clever Julia, and he simply can't resist a stolen kiss—scandal be damned. Then just as things start getting deliciously interesting, the lady flees . . . leaving only a slipper behind.

And it must have been one dandy of a kiss. Because now Julia has proposed to him. After all, the lady needs a husband, and this roguish duke will certainly do. It's simply a matter of making him the perfect scandalous offer . . .

Contains mature themes.

About Lydia Drake

Lydia Drake is a reader of all things romance and a drinker of all the tea. A New Jersey resident, her favorite activities include taking the train to New York City, scouring used bookstores, spending time with her family, and wrangling her hyperactive cockapoo puppy. Cinderella and the Duke is her debut novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lauren on January 20, 2023

Read: 1/20/23 3 stars An okay story! The characters meet at a ball and fall instantly in lust. Since the H ruined the spinster h's chance at marriage, he decides to marry her himself. Doesn't make that much sense! Of course, the H can't allow the h to get too close (emotionally baggage). It's the sex s......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on May 31, 2023

The beginning of this was so good, especially when they agreed to a marriage of convenience, but then it quickly became boring and I couldn't even tell you everything that happened for the next 70% of the book. There was a lot of sitting around and talking and I just didn't wasn't into the story. It......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 14, 2023

Authors get so brave with Chekhov’s sex acts I TELL YOU. Don’t have this man talk about tying her up like he tied up a widow, have the widow tell the wife that it was REAL GOOD, and then just…not tie her up? I mean this guy was supposed to be so sexually skilled but it was all very surface level. I......more

Goodreads review by Nabilah on December 08, 2022

Thank you to Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for the eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This book is definitely one of the better ones of the Cinderella re-tellings that littered the market. I believe this is Ms Drake's debut novel, and she clearly has the talent. This book doesn't feel......more

Goodreads review by Donna on April 21, 2025

This was a cute story and I liked it - probably because I stumbled onto it by accident. I had lined up the second book in this series "The Governess and the Duke" for a reading challenge and decided at the last minute to read its predecessor first. (Because sometimes it helps to read the books in or......more