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Reluctant Duke, The Scandalous St. Claires

An English executive's personal assistant reveals a fiery passion—and a shocking secret—in the USA Today–bestselling author's sexy romance.

Lucan St. Claire is happy to steer his family's business empire, but he refuses to take the cursed title of fifteenth Duke of Stourbridge. He wants nothing to do with his heritage, not even the family's magnificent home in the English countryside. So when he's forced to return to his family's seat, he takes beautiful new personal assistant Lexie Hamilton with him for some much-needed distraction…. 

Only Lucan has no idea that his temporary assistant isn't quite who she seems…And by the time he finds out it will be too late!

Carole Mortimer

Carole Mortimer was born in England, the youngest of three children. She began writing in 1978, and has now written over one hundred and seventy books for Harlequin Mills and Boon®. Carole has six sons, Matthew, Joshua, Timothy, Michael, David and Peter. She says, ‘I’m happily married to Peter senior; we’re best friends as well as lovers, which is probably the best recipe for a successful relationship. We live in a lovely part of England.’

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