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The Duke
The duke who fears nothing…
Kate Howard, the Duke of Howard, is known throughout Europe as a merciless autocrat who none dares to cross. Consumed by an old, bitter rivalry, she avoids the ballrooms where debutantes gather. She has vowed never to trap a woman into marriage with a monster like herself.
Until the woman she never forgot walks through her door…
Desperate to escape the guillotine, the beautiful, ambitious courtesan Celine Genet once threw herself on the mercy of the visiting Duke of Howard. But after a night of searing passion the duke left her to the ravages of Revolutionary Paris and didn’t look back. Now Celine is in London and in possession of a dangerous letter that proves the Duke of Howard committed treason as a child – and possibly even murder.
And brings her to her knees…
In return for keeping the duke’s secret, Celine wants a titled husband, leaving Kate no choice but to return to the ballrooms of her youth. But as Celine transforms from the desperate vagrant who dared blackmail a duke into a fashionable young beauty taking society by storm, Kate faces an impossible choice: keep her childhood secret, or win the woman she loves.
Kate Howard, the Duke of Howard, is known throughout Europe as a merciless autocrat who none dares to cross. Consumed by an old, bitter rivalry, she avoids the ballrooms where debutantes gather. She has vowed never to trap a woman into marriage with a monster like herself.
Until the woman she never forgot walks through her door…
Desperate to escape the guillotine, the beautiful, ambitious courtesan Celine Genet once threw herself on the mercy of the visiting Duke of Howard. But after a night of searing passion the duke left her to the ravages of Revolutionary Paris and didn’t look back. Now Celine is in London and in possession of a dangerous letter that proves the Duke of Howard committed treason as a child – and possibly even murder.
And brings her to her knees…
In return for keeping the duke’s secret, Celine wants a titled husband, leaving Kate no choice but to return to the ballrooms of her youth. But as Celine transforms from the desperate vagrant who dared blackmail a duke into a fashionable young beauty taking society by storm, Kate faces an impossible choice: keep her childhood secret, or win the woman she loves.
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Anna Cowan
2 books106 followersAnna Cowan started writing at eight and hasn’t stopped yet. After years of travelling (including a quick stop to marry her Scottish sweetheart on the shores of Loch Lomond) she studied Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Her debut novel UNTAMED was published in 2013. Her forthcoming sapphic regency romance THE DUKE will be out in 2025. She lives on Wurundjeri land in the hills outside Melbourne with her family.
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August 5, 2024The duke is mean and hot and her thighs! in her buckskin breeches! and she's mean! and butch! and hot!
official blurb that is more coherent and fit to publish in professional venues, ahem:
"Bridgerton with butches? Say less. The Duke is everything I want in a historical romance--it's elegantly woven, it's sexy, it's passionate, and its characters are flawed but deeply human. I absolutely loved it."
official blurb that is more coherent and fit to publish in professional venues, ahem:
"Bridgerton with butches? Say less. The Duke is everything I want in a historical romance--it's elegantly woven, it's sexy, it's passionate, and its characters are flawed but deeply human. I absolutely loved it."
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August 4, 2024"A queer romance in which a powerful female duke meets the brilliant French courtesan who will destroy her enemies and win her heart, pitched as sapphic Bridgerton"
did you say SAPPHIC BRIDGERTON?
did you say SAPPHIC BRIDGERTON?
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