How to Dance With a Duke, Manda Collins
How to Dance With a Duke, Manda Collins
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How to Dance With a Duke

Author: Manda Collins

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/30/2012

Synopsis

Miss Cecily Hurston would much rather explore the antiquities of Egypt than the uncharted territory of marriage. But the rules of her father's exclusive academic society forbid her entrance unless she weds one of its members. To clear her ailing father's name of a scandalous rumor, Cecily needs to gain admission into the Egyptian Club—and is willing to marry any old dullard to do it.

Lucas Dalton, Duke of Winterson, is anything but dull. He's a dashing and decorated war hero determined to help Cecily—even if that means looking the other way when she claims the dance card of Amelia Snow, this season's most sought-after beauty. But Lucas has a reason for wanting Cecily to join the Egyptian Club: His brother went missing during one of Lord Hurston's expeditions to Egypt. An alliance with the explorer's bluestocking daughter could bring Lucas closer to the truth about what happened . . . or it could lead him to a more dangerous love than either he or Cecily could have imagined.

About Manda Collins

Manda Collins spent her teen years wishing she'd been born a couple of centuries earlier, preferably in the English countryside. Time travel being what it is, she resigned herself to life with electricity and indoor plumbing, and read lots of books. An affinity for books led to a graduate degree in English, followed by another in librarianship. By day, she works as an academic librarian at a small liberal arts college, where she teaches college students how to navigate the tangled world of academic research. A native of coastal Alabama, Manda lives in the house her mother grew up in with two cats, sometimes a dog, sometimes her sister, and more books than strictly necessary.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debby *BabyDee* on October 22, 2021

The first in the Ugly Ducklings series by Manda Collins a first time author for this reader. I thought the story was lovely and I enjoyed it very much. A young bluestocking who believes she is undesirable winds up marrying a Duke and in the process both the H/h find love that leads them to a HEA. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on December 31, 2011

What a delightful, entertaining debut! I was first drawn to the lovely cover and then when I read the blurb I was intrigued as it sounded a bit different than all the regencies out there so I was more than happy to dive in. Miss Cecily Hurston is determined to clear her ailing fathers name of murder......more

Goodreads review by Suzie on August 25, 2019

3.5 stars This was a good story with likable characters but some minor flaws. Once again, we have a romance author who doesn't know where they hymen is located. This is a pet peeve of mine and it seems to exist across the spectrum of writers, and I'm getting more and more annoyed with it. When the he......more

Goodreads review by HR-ML on February 08, 2021

A re-read from 2012. Took place in England, after Waterloo. Some mystery. Gave it 3.5 stars. Cecily was a wiz w/ language (Greek, Latin etc)+cryptology. And a hieroglyphics expert. Her viscount da made trips to Egypt to dig & discover artifacts for back home but he dis- couraged her scholarly pursuit......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog) on December 14, 2011

3.5 Stars Miss Cecily Hurston is on the hunt for a thief and a missing, possibly murdered, man to try and clear her scholarly father's name. Her father has been struck down by a stroke and is unable to communicate and his journals missing, the only place that may hold some clues is the Egyptian Club......more

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