Forever My Duke

Book excerpt: Olivia Drake returns to her delightful new Regency romance series featuring rakish dukes and the governesses who steal their hearts “I find Miss Fanshawe to be quite charming―for an American.”―The Prince Regent Hadrian Ames, the Duke of Clayton, needs a bride. He’s even picked out the perfect one. That is, until he meets the lovely, free-spirited Natalie Fanshawe. She’s the exact opposite of what a man in his position needs—or should want—in a wife: an utterly delightful, outspoken American who has never even set foot in a London ballroom. But Natalie doesn’t have time to be swept off her feet by a handsome duke she’s convinced is a scoundrel like every other British lord. As for his title, it’s not as if he actually worked to attain his wealth and status. He surely can’t understand what it’s like to be a busy woman, planning to open a school while trying to reunite a six-year-old orphan with his English relatives. But Hadrian is about to surprise Natalie, and himself, as he sets out to prove that this duke is worthy of a governess!