A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley

'Expertly crafted romance. 'One of the best historicals I've read in years.' -Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author Readers on the lookout for Black or disabled characters in historical romance will not want to miss this.' - New York Times Book Review 'Vanessa Riley at her finest.' -Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author Soon, between formidable enemies and obstacles, they form a fragile trust-but will it be enough to save the future they long to dare together? Somehow, she's breaking his rules, and sweeping past his defenses. But his investigation is a minor skirmish compared to dealing with the forthright, courageous, and alluring Patience. Ī wounded military hero, Busick is determined to resolve his dead cousin's dangerous financial dealings for Lionel's sake.

Especially when Patience discovers his military strictness belies an ex-rake of unswerving honor-and unexpected passion. It delivers extraordinary storytelling with pleasing amounts of passionate kisses, winsome characters, mystery and intrigue, humor, and coconut bread (yes, a recipe is included). But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, Duke of Repington, has perils of its own. A Duke, the Lady, and A Baby, the first novel in Vanessa Riley’s Rogues and Remarkable Women series of Regency romances, is a one-stop reading experience. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child-until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune-and her freedom. Join these Rogues & Remarkable Women as they fight for their status, their families.and true love.

New York Public Library, Bookriot, Vulture, Time Out, and Overdrive Featured Book to Read After Bridgerton!įeatured in Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bustle, and Bookish!Ī Publishers Weekly Summer Reads 2020 Editors' PickĪ ground-breaking, empowering, and sexy story from acclaimed author Vanessa Riley that fans of Beverly Jenkins, Evie Dunmore, and Alyssa Cole won't be able to put down. the perfect historical read.' -Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author

A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley