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To Wed a Devilish Duke
Be seduced by the first installment of Christine Merrill’s scandalous and spicy Wicked Dukes duet
A duel brings ruin…
To the debutante’s door!
Portia Braddock must find a wealthy husband after her late father leaves her with a mountain of debts. But her reputation is destroyed when she unwittingly becomes the center of a duel between two devilish dukes. Now, the only way to secure her future and silence the gossips is to wed one of them!
Julian Parish, Duke of Septon, accepts her demand—a marriage in name only will allow him to continue his rebellious rakehell ways. Except soon, their insatiable attraction throws the convenience of their marriage into jeopardy…
From Harlequin Your romantic escape to the past.
Wicked Dukes
Book 1: To Wed a Devilish Duke
A duel brings ruin…
To the debutante’s door!
Portia Braddock must find a wealthy husband after her late father leaves her with a mountain of debts. But her reputation is destroyed when she unwittingly becomes the center of a duel between two devilish dukes. Now, the only way to secure her future and silence the gossips is to wed one of them!
Julian Parish, Duke of Septon, accepts her demand—a marriage in name only will allow him to continue his rebellious rakehell ways. Except soon, their insatiable attraction throws the convenience of their marriage into jeopardy…
From Harlequin Your romantic escape to the past.
Wicked Dukes
Book 1: To Wed a Devilish Duke
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published July 29, 2025
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About the author
Christine Merrill
239 books215 followersChristine Merrill has wanted to be an author for as long as she can remember. But one thing stood in her way: touch typing.
Six weeks spent on an IBM Selectric in her Sophomore year of high school proved that she would never be able to produce one readable page of manuscript, much less several hundred.
Twenty years passed, and she found ways to pass the time: marrying her high school sweetheart; having two sons; and taking an assortment of jobs in professional theater costume shops, including a miserable year and a half spent styling wigs for a certain hamburger-selling clown (who shall remain nameless, since I don't want to incur the wrath of a major American corporation) and a couple of weeks working on a TV movie with one of the sexiest men alive (whose name I'm happy to drop: Mark Harmon!).
During that time, someone invented word processing, and a reliable spell checker.
Christine returned to her childhood dream, only to discover that there was more to the whole writing thing than accurate typing. The next years were spent learning to tell stories that people might want to read, and trying to find someone who wanted to buy them. Her chance came when she won the RWA's Golden Heart Competition for unpublished manuscripts. The winning story, soon to be known as THE INCONVENIENT DUCHESS, was bought by the contest judges, the delightful editors at Mills & Boon, in Richmond, Surrey.
Christine is now busy writing her fifth book, and is more than slightly jealous that her manuscripts get to visit England, while she stays home in Wisconsin
Six weeks spent on an IBM Selectric in her Sophomore year of high school proved that she would never be able to produce one readable page of manuscript, much less several hundred.
Twenty years passed, and she found ways to pass the time: marrying her high school sweetheart; having two sons; and taking an assortment of jobs in professional theater costume shops, including a miserable year and a half spent styling wigs for a certain hamburger-selling clown (who shall remain nameless, since I don't want to incur the wrath of a major American corporation) and a couple of weeks working on a TV movie with one of the sexiest men alive (whose name I'm happy to drop: Mark Harmon!).
During that time, someone invented word processing, and a reliable spell checker.
Christine returned to her childhood dream, only to discover that there was more to the whole writing thing than accurate typing. The next years were spent learning to tell stories that people might want to read, and trying to find someone who wanted to buy them. Her chance came when she won the RWA's Golden Heart Competition for unpublished manuscripts. The winning story, soon to be known as THE INCONVENIENT DUCHESS, was bought by the contest judges, the delightful editors at Mills & Boon, in Richmond, Surrey.
Christine is now busy writing her fifth book, and is more than slightly jealous that her manuscripts get to visit England, while she stays home in Wisconsin
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July 2, 2025Historical Fiction, Sagas, Historical Romance, Regency Romance
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Wicked Dukes (Book #1)
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Wicked Dukes (Book #1)
July 17, 2025
A wonderful romance that kicks off the Wicked Dukes series. A marriage of convenience to a devilish Duke that turns into passion, desire and happiness. Julian and Portia make a great couple.
July 24, 2025
Loved this book! The characters are wonderful. The romance that develops between Portia and Julian is breathtaking. Books like this are the reason I love Harlequin so much.
December 25, 2025
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