A Duke in Shining Armor

✍ Scribed by Loretta Chase

• Publisher: NYLA
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 187 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

Difficult
Dukes #1

From
New York Times bestselling author, Loretta Chase

A Runaway Bride…

Bookish, brainy
Lady Olympia Hightower should be elated she's marrying the ‘catch' of several London
seasons. Her large, spendthrift family certainly
is! And yet, Olympia finds herself sneaking
out the chapel window, in a mad, attempt to escape her glorious future as a duchess.

A Duke in Pursuit…

Virtue was
NEVER a virtue for Hugh Philemon Ancaster, 7th Duke of Ripley, but even he can see
his duty as best man requires him to recapture the fleeing bride, and return her
to the bridegroom. But with every one of
Olympia’s clever turns, he’s finding it harder to give her up.

A Matchmakers Dream…

Surely something
so temptingly wrong can’t be so deliciously right?!

“A canny bluestocking
virgin and an honorable rakehell duke lead fans on a rollicking escapade in a delectable
story that overflows with Chase’s signature lively wordplay, hilarity, and simmering
sexual tension.” – Library Journal, starred review

“Longtime
romance author Chase’s first Difficult Dukes historical sparkles with wit...Chase’s
spot-on humor and period-authentic writing combine with easy-to-love characters
for a superb soufflé-light romance.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review

*“Chase is
a grande dame of historical romance, and her latest displays the clever plotting
and brilliant dialogue for which she’s known …Chase brings a fun blend of quirkiness
and wit to a sexy love story that’s both charmingly romantic and laugh-out-loud
funny.” –*Kirkus

“When it
comes to writing unforgettable, superbly crafted historical romances, RITA Award–winning
Chase is the crème de la crème, and A Duke in Shining Armor, which launches her
new Disgraceful Dukes series, is another exquisitely sensual, perfectly calibrated
masterpiece of frothy wit and flawless characterization.” – Booklist, starred review

“Overflowing
with Chase’s signature wit and laugh-out-loud humor, this series starter will definitely
win readers’ attention. It’s not just the lyrical prose, wonderful dialogue, appealing
characters (the Dis-Graces) or the sensuality, but also the depth of emotions Chase
infuses into her runaway bride scenario that has readers sighing with pleasure.”
–
Romantic Times, 4 ½ stars, Top Pick

ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:

Loretta Chase holds a B.A. from Clark University,
where she majored in English and minored unofficially in visual art. Her past lives
include clerical, administrative, and part-time teaching at Clark and a Dickensian
six-month experience as a meter maid. In the course of moonlighting as a corporate
video scriptwriter, she fell under the spell of a producer who lured her into writing
novels... and marrying him. The union has resulted in more than a dozen New York Times bestselling books and a number
of awards, including the Romance Writers of America's RITA® Award.