Duchess by Design

Duchess by Design opens Maya Rodale's The Gilded Age Girls Club, set among the drawing rooms and dress shops of New York's Gilded Age.

Seeking a wealthy American bride who can save his family's estate, Brandon Fiennes, the duke of Kingston, is a rogue determined to do the right thing. His search for an heiress goes deliciously awry when an enchanting seamstress tumbles into his arms instead.

Miss Adeline Black aspires to be a fashionable dressmaker, not a duchess, and not even an impossibly seductive duke will distract her. But Kingston makes her an offer she cannot refuse: join him at society events to display her gowns and advise him on which heiresses are duchess material. It is the perfect plan, as long as they resist temptation, avoid a scandal, and above all do not lose their hearts.