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Duchess by Design

The Gilded Age Girls Club
Published
2018
Language
English

Synopsis

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.

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About the author

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Maya Rodale

Maya Rodale is a USA Today bestselling author of historical and contemporary romance, YA and historical fiction, and of the nonfiction "Dangerous Books for Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels, Explained." She holds a BA and MA from New York University, where she focused on women's roles as both writers and characters; her novel "The Wicked Wallflower" won an RT Reviewers' Choice award. She lives in New York City.

Characters

Brandon Fiennes, Duke of KingstonProtagonist

An English duke hunting an American heiress to save his family's estate.

Adeline BlackProtagonist

A seamstress who wants to build a career as a dressmaker rather than marry a duke.

All characters in Duchess by Design