Lady Emily's Matchmaking Mishap (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues)

When Lady Emily Hepplewhite poses as a maid to sneak her sister into a glittering Regency country house party, she expects the greatest obstacle to their scheme to be a locked door — not an insufferably perceptive duke with eyes like a hawk and a reputation to match.

Emily and her sister Cecily have exactly one plan to reclaim the comfortable life they once knew: get Cecily close enough to the wealthy, titled Duke of Wolferton to secure a proposal. Simple enough, until the man they call the Devil Duke proves he earned that name. He's not the least bit fooled by fortune hunters, and he has no intention of playing the unwitting target — so he turns their scheme on its head with a counter-proposal that leaves Emily utterly speechless.

Now Emily finds herself tangled in a fake courtship with the most aggravating, sharp-witted, and — she absolutely refuses to notice — handsome man in England. The more time she spends sparring with the Duke, the more her carefully constructed lies begin to crack. And the more her heart begins to betray her.

Set against the backdrop of elegant ballrooms and sweeping country estates, this witty, clean historical romance sparkles with sharp banter, delicious tension, and the slow, undeniable pull of two people who were supposed to be enemies. But can love survive the moment all her secrets finally come to light?