About the Book
Best Historical Romances of 2021 – Mina Reads Romance
London’s unruliest hellion brings an unwilling duke to his knees.
A bold lady.
A ruthless duke.
An ardent alliance.
Helena Astley, Lady Hell to the ton, has plans. To control her father’s shipping business, to live life her way, by her rules. Her plan is going remarkably well until she’s caught in a scandalous arrangement that forces the one man she loathes above all others into her life.
Hardnosed Roan Darlington, Duke of Leighton, cares little for society or finding a duchess. His passion for antiquities governs his life. The docks are his turf, his kingdom, and the only person to ever challenge him on his turf is the incorrigible Lady Hell. The beautiful, impossible, secretly-desired Helena Astley.
When they’re caught in a ruinous situation, Lady Hell has to decide if she can be a duchess and live the life she wants to live. If she can relinquish a heart she vowed to withhold—from the one man who’s powerful enough to seize it.