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“I should think a lady’s opinion of you would carry some weight were she considering your services to prosecute a villain,” she said. “Or, say, in a case of homicide, if she hoped to avoid the gallows.”

— Dukes Prefer Blondes

Dukes Prefer Blondes

Biweekly marriage proposals from men who can’t see beyond her (admittedly breathtaking) looks are starting to get on Lady Clara Fairfax’s nerves. Desperate to be something more than ornamental, she escapes to her favorite charity. When a child is in trouble, she turns to tall, dark and annoying barrister Oliver Redford.

Though he’s unexpectedly found himself in line to inherit a dukedom, Radford’s never been part of fashionable society, and the blonde beauty, though not entirely bereft of brains, isn’t part of his plans. But Clara overwhelms even his infallible logic, and when wedlock looms, all he can do is try not to lose his head over her…

It’s an inconvenient marriage by ordinary standards, but these two are far from ordinary. Can the ton’s most adored heiress and London’s most difficult bachelor fall victim to their own unruly desires?

“Chase retains her well-earned star status.” —Kirkus Reviews starred review

“Another unforgettable winner from the impeccable Chase.”
—Kristen Ramsdell, Library Journal starred review

~Read an Excerpt~

Charing Cross
August 1835

“Look out! Are you blind? Get out of the way!”

Clara hadn’t time to see what she was in the way of when an arm snaked about her waist and yanked her back from the curb. Then she saw the black and yellow gig hurtling toward her.

At the last minute, it swerved away, toward the watermen and boys clustered about the statue of King Charles I. Then once more it veered abruptly off course. It nicked a passing omnibus, struck a limping dog, and swung into St. Martin’s Lane, leaving pandemonium in its wake.

Some inches above her head—and plainly audible above the bystanders’ shouts and shrieks and the noise of carriages, horses, and dogs—a deep, cultivated voice uttered an oath. The muscular arm came away from her waist and the arm’s owner stepped back a pace. She looked up at him, more up than she was accustomed to. [read more...]

International Editions

Brazil, Arquiero/Sextante (2017)
France, J’ai Lu: Les Ducs Preferent les Blondes (2017)
Germany, 2017 Cora (2017)
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