Duke Looks Like a Groomsman, Valerie Bowman
Duke Looks Like a Groomsman, Valerie Bowman
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Duke Looks Like a Groomsman

Author: Valerie Bowman

Narrator: Christine Rendel

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/01/2021


Synopsis

He's posing as a groomsman.

Rhys Sheffield, the Duke of Worthington, has bet his friends an ungodly sum of money that despite his loftiness, he can pass himself off as a servant at the house party of the Season. But when his ex-flame arrives and recognizes Rhys pretending to be a groomsman, she realizes it's the perfect opportunity to pay him back for breaking off their engagement.

She's the bride-to-be.

Lady Julianna Montgomery may be the only young woman at the house party who's not in the market for a husband. She's quite happily engaged to a marquess, thank you very much, and scarcely remembers the pain of being callously tossed over by the Duke of Worthington two long years ago—till now.

All bets are off.

Rhys seems to be everywhere, flexing his muscles, laboring in the sun—and Julianna has never found him more appealing. With his signature charm, he persuades her to keep his secret. But when she learns he's determined to win a bet of honor, she can't resist playing a game of her own. She'll spend the next fortnight tempting Rhys at every turn and making him lose his precious wager. Even if it means she must lose her heart in the process . . .

Contains mature themes.

About Valerie Bowman

Valerie Bowman is an award-winning historical romance author who writes racy Regency romps. Her debut novel was published in 2012. Since then, her books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. She's been an RT Reviewers' Choice nominee for Best First Historical Romance and Best Historical Romance Love and Laughter. Two of her books have been nominated for the Kirkus Prize for fiction.

Valerie grew up in Illinois with six sisters (she's number seven) and a huge supply of historical romance novels. After a cold and snowy stint earning a degree in English language and literature with a minor in history at Smith College, she moved to Florida the first chance she got. Valerie now lives in Jacksonville with her family, including her two rascally dogs. When she's not writing, she keeps busy reading, traveling, or vacillating between watching crazy reality TV and PBS.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa (Remarkablylisa) on June 06, 2021

Not my fave. I didnt like how our hero amd heroine separated and his reason for running off and hating her plus not telling the truth......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 03, 2023

1. Face sitting 2. Kind of a cliffhanger ending??? I think I liked this better than book 1 bc she was prepared to get married not out of duty but out of pettiness and I respect that 🫡 this was a nice second chance! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️*/5 *I think there’s enough here to count this as two scenes! The tensi......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on July 27, 2020

I am not a fan of second chance romances. They almost always fall into the trap of both hero and heroine thinking the same thoughts of regret throughout the story. I was afraid this book would dissolve into that same pattern but happily, it didn’t. I’m not at all saying those thoughts of regrets wer......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on August 05, 2020

A passionate and funny second chance at love. Rhys and Juliana both have negative emotions regarding their previous relationship and both feel they were treated unfairly by the other. Since the end of their courtship they have not had to see each other, until Lord Clayton's House Party. Upon a trip......more

From 2 ★s to 4 ★s to 1 ★s to arrive ultimately at 2 ★ The roller coaster that was this book and it doesn't even have real drama or angst. Lets go through all those ups and downs together . /\_/\ (\ _ /) A__A ( ˶•o•˶) ( •ω• ) ( •⤙• ) ଘ(ა🍵 ) (ა🍹૮)。 (☕٩ )੭ (Saw this ↥ a while back and was dying to use it👉......more