Dukes Prefer Blondes (Dressmakers) - Hardcover

Chase, Loretta

3.85

5,928 ratings by Goodreads

9781410487322: Dukes Prefer Blondes (Dressmakers)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410487326 ISBN 13: 9781410487322

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2016

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Biweekly marriage proposals from men who can't see beyond her (admittedly breathtaking) looks are starting to get on Lady Clara Fairfax's nerves. Desperate to be something more than ornamental, she escapes to her favorite charity. When a child is in trouble, she turns to tall, dark, and annoying barrister Oliver Radford.

Though he's unexpectedly found himself in line to inherit a dukedom, Radford's never been part of fashionable society, and the blonde beauty, though not entirely bereft of brains, isn't part of his plans. But Clara overwhelms even his infallible logic, and when wedlock looms, all he can do is try not to lose his head over her . . .

It's an inconvenient marriage by ordinary standards, but these two are far from ordinary. Can the ton's most adored heiress and London's most difficult bachelor fall victim to their own unruly desires?

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Review:

"Queen of love and laughter Chase returns with a laugh-out-loud novel destined for the keeper shelf. There's hardly time to breathe between giggles and guffaws...The result is perfection."--Romantic Times, TOP PICK

"There's something so enchanting about the story, the characters and their relationships that makes Vixen in Velvet more than a love story; it's joyous."--Romantic Times BOOKclub, 4.5 stars

"Two refreshingly original, superbly matched characters clash with splendidly sexy results in the always inventive Chase's latest deliciously witty and satisfying romance."--Booklist (starred review) on Don't Tempt Me

Two refreshingly original, superbly matched characters clash with splendidly sexy results in the always inventive Chase s latest deliciously witty and satisfying romance. --Booklist (starred review) on Don't Tempt Me"

Quinn of love and laughter Chase returns with a laugh-out-loud novel destined for the keeper shelf. There s hardly time to breathe between giggles and guffaws as a delightful cast of characters romp through the countryside to an ancient Scottish castle inhabited by ghosts. The result is perfection.--Romantic Times TOP PICK"

Queen of love and laughter Chase returns with a laugh-out-loud novel destined for the keeper shelf. There s hardly time to breathe between giggles and guffaws...The result is perfection. --Romantic Times, TOP PICK"

There s something so enchanting about the story, the characters and their relationships that makes Vixen in Velvet more than a love story; it s joyous. --Romantic Times BOOKclub, 4.5 stars"

Chase moves beyond the couture Noirot sisters in her historical Dressmakers series, and the unconventional pairing of an aristocrat and a barrister, plus an exploration of London poverty and the well-intentioned ragged schools, adds fascinating social and historical texture. Chase retains her well-earned star status.--Kirkus Reviews, praise for DUKES PREFER BLONDES"

About the Author:

Loretta Chase has worked in academe, retail, and the visual arts, as well as on the streets--as a meter maid--and in video, as a scriptwriter. She might have developed an excitingly checkered career had her spouse not nagged her into writing fiction. Her bestselling historical romances, set in the Regency and Romantic eras of the early nineteenth century, have won a number of awards, including the Romance Writers of America's RITA(R). For more about her past, her books, and what she does and doesn't do on social media, please visit her at LorettaChase.com.

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