A Duke Never Yields

by Juliana Gray Narrated by Veida Dehmlow

Overview

Impatient with the strictures of polite British society, Miss Abigail Harewood has decided to live life on her own terms-and the first thing she requires is a lover. When the commanding Duke of Wallingford arrives on the doorstep of her leased holiday castle, she thinks she's found the perfect candidate: handsome, dashing, and experienced in the art of love.



But tempting Wallingford into her bed proves more difficult than she imagined. Restless and dissatisfied with his debauched life in London, the formerly rakish duke is determined to spend a year chaste. But as Abigail tries her best to seduce him, Wallingford finds his resolve crumbling in the face of her irresistible charm . . . and her alluring secrets.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for Juliana Gray:
“Juliana Gray has a stupendously lyrical voice.”—Meredith Duran, New York Times bestselling author

“Juliana Gray is on my auto buy list.”—Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author

Kirkus Reviews

When Abigail Harewood--sexually innocent yet effervescently determined to live life to the fullest--decides to take a lover, she sets her sights on notorious rake the Duke of Wallingford, who has just resolved on a year of chastity and sober living. Abigail flees London with her sister and cousin for a year in Italy and decides it's a perfect opportunity to explore sensual pleasure. Since she has sworn to never marry yet wants to experience a full, vibrant life, she feels the need to check this goal off her Edwardian checklist. She meets the Duke of Wallingford in an inn and considers him a prime candidate, and when, through a contractual misunderstanding, it turns out that her party and his (consisting of his brother and their illegitimate uncle) are sharing the same Tuscan castle, she sets out to seduce him. However, Wallingford has sworn off his rakish ways, and the road to Abigail's happiness is further hindered by an irritating wager the two sets of relatives make that heightens the stakes if he fails. And then there are the mysterious servants that must be more than they seem, the enchanting setting of an Italian castle and Abigail's eerie sense that there is more magic afoot than Wallingford's spellbinding presence. The third of a debut trilogy loosely based on Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost with a distinct nod to the great operatic works of Giuseppe Verdi, this is a mesmerizing, enthralling romance that starts out with a sparkling, irrepressible heroine and a brooding, damaged hero and only gets better and better page by page. Bright, witty dialogue and superb characterization are the backbones of a fun, intricate historical storyline, and you may at turns laugh out loud and wipe your eyes at this couple's entertaining, tender path to their happily ever after.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170603671
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	02/25/2014
Series:	Affairs by Moonlight Series , #3
Edition description:	Unabridged

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