What happens when a marriage of convenience becomes anything but convenient?

Sophronie Slater has no intention of falling in love-especially not with the infuriatingly stubborn Duke of Waycross. But she'd do anything for her ailing father, including honoring his final wish: she marry the very man she can't stand. The arrangement is temporary. Strictly practical. Completely devoid of emotion. At least, that's what she keeps telling herself.

Evan Gordonstone never imagined marriage would be part of his plans-until Sophronie becomes the only answer to a tangle of financial and familial obligations. Her dowry could save his struggling duchy and fund his dream of breeding championship horses. All he has to do is keep things civil, avoid falling for his whip-smart, maddeningly beautiful wife... and pray she doesn't break his heart.

Their reluctant union soon gives way to unexpected passion and deeper feelings neither dare admit. But when practicality turns to longing, and trust gives way to something dangerously close to love, they must decide if this mismatched marriage of convenience has become the fairy tale they never thought they'd find.
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Fall head over heels for brooding, protective dukes and the sassy heroines who challenge them in USA Today bestselling author Collette Cameron's unforgettable Duke Comes Calling (Seductive Scoundrels) Series.

This emotionally gripping Regency romance pairs a fiercely independent heroine with a reluctant duke bound by duty-and quickly undone by desire. When a practical marriage turns unexpectedly passionate, two opposites must learn to trust not just each other... but the feelings they swore they'd never have.

Continue the journey with How to Win a Duke's Heart and enjoy a slow-burning, deeply romantic tale where love begins in the unlikeliest of places-and turns every plan upside down.

Though each book can easily be read as a stand-alone, most readers prefer to enjoy the series in order.