"Attention, Bridgerton

fans: if you're ready to delve deeper into the world of historical romances, The

Worst Duke in the World

A wayward duke must choose: will he be the bad hero in a love

story gone awry,

Life’s no bowl of

cherries for Anthony Farr, the Duke of Radcliffe. Duty demands he remarry to

provide a spare to go along with the heir — and eligible ladies keep trying to

finagle him into a proposal. All he wants is to be a good father to his

8-year-old son, see the Duchess (his truly terrific pig) win first prize at the

harvest fête, and stay single. Even if

that makes him a Bad Duke. Maybe the Worst Duke in the World.  

Then Miss Jane

Kent, a long-lost relation of the illustrious Penhallow family, arrives in the

neighborhood and is promptly befriended by the Duke’s son. Jane, Anthony comes

to realize, is smart and fun and also very kissable and dazzlingly desirable.

Still, that’s not enough to melt his resistance to marrying again. He made

a stern promise to himself and promises must, of course, be kept.  

But what if that’s

just his head talking, and his heart . . . is saying something entirely

different?

“Delicious.” —Sarah MacLean, The Washington Post, on You

May Kiss the Bride

“…It's champagne in book form — bubbly, fun, and

intoxicating far more quickly than one might anticipate.” —Entertainment Weekly