2026 Reading Challenge

Desperate Duchesses Series

9 primary works • 9 total works
Welcome to a world of reckless sensuality and glittering sophistication...of dangerously handsome gentlemen and young ladies longing to gain a title...of games played for high stakes, including—on occasion—a lady's virtue.

Book 1

Desperate Duchesses
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3.67 · 12101 Ratings · 948 Reviews · published 2007 · 1 edition

"Welcome to a world of reckless sensuality and gl…

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    Book 2

    An Affair Before Christmas
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    3.63     · 8606 Ratings · 669 Reviews · published 2007 · 33 editions
    Magic under the mistletoe...

    One spectacular Christ…

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    Book 3

    Duchess By Night
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    3.92     · 10794 Ratings · 703 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions
    One night's disguise could lead to a lifetime of p…

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    Book 4

    When the Duke Returns
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    3.77     · 9576 Ratings · 620 Reviews · published 2008 · 1 edition
    The Duchess of Cosway yearns for a man she has nev…

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    Book 5

    This Duchess of Mine
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    3.88     · 9056 Ratings · 566 Reviews · published 2009 · 1 edition
    No man can resist Jemma's sensuous allure . . . Ex…

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    Book 6

    A Duke of Her Own
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    4.11     · 12671 Ratings · 816 Reviews · published 2009 · 31 editions
    A DUKE MUST CHOOSE WISELY...

    Leopold Dautry, the no…

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    Book 7

    Three Weeks With Lady X
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    4.05     · 9974 Ratings · 1007 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    Having made a fortune, Thorn Dautry, the powerful …

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    Book 8

    Four Nights With the Duke
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    3.87     · 9713 Ratings · 1025 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
    As a young girl, Emilia Gwendolyn Carrington told …

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    Book 9

    Seven Minutes in Heaven
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    3.95     · 5714 Ratings · 635 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition

    Witty and elusive Eugenia Snowe has all society be…

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