The Duchess Deal

RATING: 5 Stars (★★★★★)

SPICE LEVEL: 4 Spicy Peppers (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️)

Author: Tessa Dare
Publisher: Avon Books
Is it on KU?: Nope
TW: Public shaming and PTSD for War Veteran

Tropes:⁠
↠ Marriage of Convenience⁠
↠ Grumpy-Sunshine⁠

Incredible! I adored this steamy, marriage of convenience-book that starts the Girl Meets Duke series. This is my first Tessa Dare book, and now I can’t comprehend how I’ve waited this long to read her books. I shall rectify that asap!⁠

Highly recommend this to historical fans. I laughed out loud, which is always a plus.⁠

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Image Description: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare's book statistics page. The text contains: "Rating of 5 Stars. Spice Level of 4 Spicy Peppers. Names of Main Characters are Emma & Ash. Tropes are Marriage of Convenience & Grumpy-Sunshine. Trigger Warning for Public shaming and War PTSD. Note that this is the first book in the Girl Meets Duke series, published by Avon Books." Next, there is "Similar Couples:" above two photos of couples, Belle and Beast from Beauty and the Beast and Phantom and Christine from The Phantom of the Opera. Both couples have class differences and an "ugly" male lead.⁠

Book Description of The Duchess Deal

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When girl meets Duke, their marriage breaks all the rules.

Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury’s to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London ne’er-do-wells by night. Now there’s a new item on the list. He needs an heir—which means he needs a wife. When Emma Gladstone, a vicar’s daughter turned seamstress, appears in his library wearing a wedding gown, he decides on the spot that she’ll do.

His terms are simple:
- They will be husband and wife by night only.
- No lights, no kissing.
- No questions about his battle scars.
- Last, and most importantly… Once she’s pregnant with his heir, they need never share a bed again.

But Emma is no pushover. She has a few rules of her own:
- They will have dinner together every evening.
- With conversation.
- And unlimited teasing.
- Last, and most importantly… Once she’s seen the man beneath the scars, he can’t stop her from falling in love.

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