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    Loving the Duke: A Regency Romance
    Loving the Duke: A Regency Romance
    Loving the Duke: A Regency Romance
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    Loving the Duke: A Regency Romance

    By Eliza McGrey

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    William does not want anything in his life to change. He is more than content to continue with his rakish ways, but, when his father dies unexpectedly, he is forced to return to the country and take on his ducal responsibilities.
    Eleanor Davisham hates how her parents quash her free spirit. They are determined that she should marry, but only a man of their choosing. Determined to live her own life, and terrified of her suitor’s cruelty, Eleanor flees from her home, managing to find employment.
    Sparks fly when the new Duke and Eleanor meet. She will not be taken in by his flirtations, and he is astounded to discover that, once he drops his façade, his heart is softening in a way he has never experienced before.
    However, secrets haunt their blossoming relationship and, when they all come out in a flurry, Eleanor’s life is left hanging in the balance – and William must decide what he is to do with the woman who has captured his heart.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFable Charm
    Release dateJun 25, 2018
    ISBN9780463737927
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      Loving the Duke - Eliza McGrey

      Loving the Duke

      Introduction

      William does not want anything in his life to change. He is more than content to continue with his rakish ways, but, when his father dies unexpectedly, he is forced to return to the country and take on his ducal responsibilities.

      Eleanor Davisham hates how her parents quash her free spirit. They are determined that she should marry, but only a man of their choosing. Determined to live her own life, and terrified of her suitor’s cruelty, Eleanor flees from her home, managing to find employment.

      Sparks fly when the new Duke and Eleanor meet. She will not be taken in by his flirtations, and he is astounded to discover that, once he drops his fa ç ade, his heart is softening in a way he has never experienced before.

      However, secrets haunt their blossoming relationship and, when they all come out in a flurry, Eleanor’s life is left hanging in the balance – and William must decide what he is to do with the woman who has captured his heart.

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      About Eliza

      Eliza McGrey loves to write clean Regency romances. Her love for the era began as a teenager when she took AP European History in high school, where she was inspired to read the beloved novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Eliza couldn’t help but feel drawn to the time. She later studied Regency and Victorian Fashion and visited countless museums.

      Chapter One

      Might I ask why you appear so bedraggled, William?

      William, Marquess of Pemberley and eldest son of the Duke of Ulchester, sighed heavily and wished to goodness that his mother did not have such a whining voice.

      William, she warned, tapping the side of her tea cup with a small, silver spoon as if to gain his attention. I believe I have asked you a question.

      For goodness sake, mama! he exclaimed, placing his head firmly in his hands. Can you not see that I have something of a headache?

      She blew out a frustrated breath. I hardly see you these days, William. What are you doing with your days?

      More like, what am I doing with my nights, William muttered to himself, a small smile playing around his mouth as he considered the delectable Mrs. Helena Smythe who had been a particularly warm bed mate. Of course, being a rich widow, she had no thoughts of matrimony of the like, which made her the ideal partner.

      Well, your father wishes to see you, she declared, interrupting his thoughts. So I suggest you drink your coffee and proceed to his study with as much speed as you can muster.

      William did nothing other than groan, dropping his head still further into his hands. He had no wish to speak to the duke, finding his father an incredibly frustrating man who thought only of duty and consequence, instead of the pleasures that came with being as titled as he. Of course, at some point, William knew he was going to have to take on the mantle of responsibility but that was not any time soon. His father would have to be on his deathbed before such a consequential change was brought about!

      William!

      His head shot up, anger in his voice and expression. Mama, I heard you. Please, leave me be. I am not the child you once ordered about, ready to do your bidding at whatever cost!

      He watched pain slice through her, saw the sudden sheen of tears in her eyes and guilt poured over him like a thundercloud. She said nothing more, but got to her feet and left the drawing room, her back ramrod straight. William groaned once more, berating himself for such cruelty towards his mother.

      After all, it was not her fault that his father was something of an ogre. In fact, were he honest with himself, she had done a great deal to protect him from his father’s harsh ways. And how was he repaying her for it? By lumping her in with his father, by blaming them both for how the duke treated him?

      The urge to go after her was too strong and, rushing to the door, William looked out into the hallway but discovered that she was nowhere to be seen. Closing the door once more – and having very little intention to go in search of the duke – William returned to his seat by the fire.

      His mother had always been kind and gentle, treating him with such tenderness that he never once doubted her love for him. His father had been quite the opposite, thinking that his son was becoming too soft under his mother’s care. William had hated him from the moment he had been sent away to boarding school. There he had cried for his mother, only for beating after beating to occur whenever he was discovered. Such expression of feelings was not becoming of a man, or so he had been told. William had learned how to keep his emotions inside, dampening them down until he barely felt them. It was not the best of life, but it worked nonetheless. It meant that when his father beat down on him, in either criticism or outright disdain, he simply did not feel it.

      However, years of enduring such dislike from his father, years of being told he was a constant failure in the eyes of his father, meant that William had taken on a somewhat blasé existence. He did not care for responsibilities or the like, choosing to leave them entirely to his father. After all, if he was such a failure, then he might as well refuse to fulfill any expectations placed upon him. That meant that William had spent the last few years carousing, gambling and drinking. In fact, that was all his life was made up of! His father, of course, continued

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