How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days by Laura Lee Guhrke

Gates instead.īut she could not avoid being alone with him forever. Ladies of the county expressed great delight at the duke’s return, commented about how happy she must be, and assured her that she need have no further worry about fulfilling her duty, for now that the duke had come home, there was sure to be a son and heir in the nursery before long.Įdie, feeling hemmed in on all sides, finally gave up making calls and returned to the house, where she found it vitally important to forgo tea and sort through the storage rooms in the attics with Mrs. IF EDIE THOUGHT leaving Highclyffe for the afternoon would enable her to escape from Stuart, she was sadly mistaken. As for the rest, he’d have to worry about that when he got there. Stuart forced his mind away from hypothetical scenarios and back to reality. What if he couldn’t breach it? What if she decided one day she couldn’t stick it, and she left him? Could he blame her if she didn’t? Even if she stayed, could he make her happy? The horrific thing that had happened to her was like a wall between them.

And if he succeeded in winning their bet, there was no guarantee she’d keep to the terms afterward. But how?Īll he had to do was win a kiss, but he knew if he pushed too hard or too fast, she’d flee, their wager be damned. She deserved those pleasures, by God, and it was up to him that she had them. Everything in him rebelled against that notion.

How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days by Laura Lee Guhrke