A Duke in Disguise
A Duke in Disguise is the second book in Cat Sebastian's Regency Imposters series, a romance between an illustrator and the prickly publisher he has been close to for a decade.
If anyone else had asked for his help publishing a naughty novel, Ash would have had the sense to say no. But he has never been able to deny Verity Plum. Now his hands are full illustrating a book and trying his damnedest not to fall in love with his best friend, and the last thing he needs is to discover he is a duke's lost heir. Without family or a proper education, he has had to fight for his place in the world, and the idea of it, and of Verity, being taken away from him chills him to the bone.
All Verity wants is to keep her brother out of prison, her business afloat, and her hands off Ash. She knows from bitter experience that she is not cut out for romance, but the more time she spends with him the more she wonders whether she has been wrong about herself.
Ash has a month before his identity is exposed and he plans to spend it with Verity. As they explore their long-buried passion it becomes harder for him to face the music, and the question is whether Verity can accept who Ash must become.
An illustrator in love with his best friend, who learns he is a duke's lost heir.
A radical bookseller and publisher trying to keep her brother out of prison and her business afloat.
Verity's younger brother and co-proprietor of Plum & Company, whose politics risk prison.
This title is the second installment in the Regency Impostors trilogy, which follows a group of loosely connected characters within the same universe.
The story functions as a standalone romance, so you can follow the central relationship without needing to read the preceding or subsequent books in the trilogy.