My January Duke: (A Rake Review Season 2 novella)

When bailiffs crash her father's funeral and her insufferably attractive neighbor swoops in to claim her as payment for a gambling debt, Olivia Price realizes her day has gone from catastrophic to utterly unthinkable.

Set against the glittering backdrop of Regency England, this scorching historical romance follows Olivia and Devlin Hamilton, the Duke of Dalkeith, in a battle of wills neither of them can afford to lose. For years, headstrong Olivia has been a constant irritation to the arrogant duke next door — and he's been the infuriating object of her most secret desires. Now, with fate conspiring against her, Olivia finds herself entirely at Devlin's mercy.

Devlin tells himself this arrangement is purely practical. Beautiful, sharp-tongued Olivia has always gotten under his skin, and if circumstances have placed her in his hands, why not finally indulge the simmering tension between them? He'll satisfy the hunger that's plagued him for years and keep his carefully guarded heart safely untouched. Simple enough — or so he believes.

But Olivia refuses to surrender so easily. She's spent years loving Devlin from a careful distance, and she knows better than to mistake desire for devotion. If she's going to lose herself to this jaded, cynical rake, she intends to claim far more than a scandalous arrangement — she wants everything.

Can two people so determined to win finally realize that surrender might be the greatest victory of all?