The Naked Duke

The Surprise Of Her Life
Sophisticated. Scandalous. In fact, Miss Sarah Hamilton, a proper Philadelphian, finds London society altogether shocking. How can it be that she has awakened from her innocent slumber to find herself in bed next to a handsome--and exceedingly naked--man? The laughing onlookers standing in the doorway are no help whatsoever and surely this amorous lunatic cannot be a duke, as he claims. She is compromised--though she most certainly will not marry him!

The Sweetest Moment Of His
James, the Duke of Alford, is enchanted by his unexpected bedmate--and not at all afraid of her pink-cheeked fury. True, the circumstances and place of their meeting are most unusual, but the spirited American who's pummeling him with a pillow is an incomparable beauty. If Sarah will only listen to his perfectly reasonable explanation, James is sure that he can capture her heart. . .forever.

Review

"Sarah Hamilton is exhausted. She has traveled all the way from Philadelphia, fulfilling her dying father's wish that she go to England and seek out his brother, the earl of Westbrooke, and now she has lost her belongings and landed at an inn with no rooms. But a tipsy gentleman comes to her rescue, and she collapses into oblivion. James Runyon, duke of Alvord, arrives to find a young woman sound asleep in his bed. Certain that his good friend has procured a "friend" for him, but unwilling to wake her, he slips in beside her. Sarah naturally screams when she finds a naked man in her bed. Then, after it's all sorted out, James is only too happy to propose: he's in desperate need of a wife and child to secure his title. But Sarah is too independent a thinker and too familiar with the aristocracy's evil ways to blithely marry a duke. MacKenzie sets a merry dance in motion in this enjoyable Regency romp." Booklist