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His bachelor days are numbered...

 They were children when the Duke of Huntsley was introduced to Lady Grace Kearly. The young duke—nicknamed “Hunter”—took one look at his future bride and thought only of escaping his responsibilities to his family. Marriage was for grown-ups and Hunter still had years of skirt-chasing ahead of him. But now the time has come for Hunter to heed the call: If this Lord of Vice hopes to keep all of his inheritance, he’ll have to claim his long-neglected betrothed…

Her wedding plans don't include him...

With her twenty-first birthday approaching, Lady Grace dreads the thought of marrying the duke she has met only once—especially since he’s grown into a notorious rake who will probably beget his heir and abandon her in the country while he pursues fresh game in London. So when Lady Grace coolly decides to call the wedding off, even Hunter is surprised by his refusal to let her go. Suddenly, the notion of claiming and taming this green-eyed beauty is one challenge he cannot resist…

Get a sneak peek of Alexandra Hawkins's Dusk with a Dangerous Duke (available February 26, 2013) with an excerpt from the Prologue and Chapters 1 and 2.
 

Prologue?
October 2, 1806, Telcliffe Castle

“Nicolas, there you are.” His grandmother’s sharp gaze settled on him as she beckoned impatiently for him to enter. “Come...join us. You may remain, young Vanewright, if you are able to refrain from disrupting our meeting.”

“Thank you, madam,” Christopher blurted out automatically, and then winced when Nicolas’s grandmother and her male companions halted their discussion and stared at him. His friend shrugged sheepishly. “My apologies. It won’t happen again—madam.”

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