Gambling on the Duke's Daughter

Captain Dylan Blake has come back to London after his military service and cannot settle into society. An old nemesis baits him into a wager: he must win two dances in a single evening from Lady Natalia Sinclair, a duke's daughter.

Natalia has good reason for caution. She suspects every man who approaches her of chasing her enormous dowry, and a suitor who arrives on a bet is hardly different. Dylan sets about the challenge as a game.

The game stops being simple. Dylan finds he cannot easily walk away from her, and then he learns that his brother Michael is courting Natalia as well. Michael has beaten him to plenty of things before.

The historical romance opens the Brides of Scandal series by Diana Bold, and it plays out among London's ballrooms and drawing rooms. As the wager and Dylan's feelings tangle together, he has to decide whether he will risk more than his pride.