A blond lace veil cascaded over her bare shoulders, down over the full, lace-covered sleeves and on past her waist.įour knots marched down to the V of the waistline. An intricate arrangement of plaits, topped by a great blossom of pleated lace adorned with orange blossoms, crowned her head. Elaborate side curls of a commonplace brown framed her heart-shaped face. Behind gold-rimmed spectacles, eyes of a can’t-make-up-their-mind grey-blue-green took a moment to focus on the grandeur that was her. She narrowed her eyes at the looking glass. of one of England’s three most notorious libertines, a trio of dukes known as Their Dis-Graces. Teetering on the brink of six and twenty, she ought to thank her lucky stars she’d won the heart. In a very little while, Lady Olympia Hightower was going to make all of her family’s dreams come true.

If the bride was drunk-which she wasn’t-it was on account of celebrating. ? Order the Book:ĪMAZON || BARNES AND NOBLE || GOOGLE PLAY || KOBO Excerpt So why does Olympia have to make it so deliciously difficult for him. For once, the world-famous hellion is trying to do the honorable thing. But tall, dark, and exasperating Ripley is hot on her trail, determined to bring her back to his friend. And Olympia? She’s climbing out of a window, bent on a getaway. All he’s trying to do is recapture the slightly inebriated Lady Olympia Hightower and return her to her intended bridegroom.įor reasons that elude her, bookish, bespectacled Olympia is supposed to marry a gorgeous rake of a duke. But even he draws the line at running off with his best friend’s bride.

Hugh Philemon Ancaster, seventh Duke of Ripley, will never win prizes for virtue. And then there’s the trio known as Their Dis-Graces. I’m super stoked to share an excerpt from her book to whet your appetite since the book comes out on Tuesday. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m over the moon excited for her latest upcoming release, A Duke in Shining Armor. Loretta Chase is a fantastic historical romance author and Lord of Scoundrels remains in my top ten of favorite historicals of all time. We’ll be raving about the books we love and being total fangirls.

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A duke in shining armor