Duchess Deals Books in Order

Madeline loses a private list whose discovery could destroy her reputation, and her friend’s rakish brother finds it. The duke offers its return under conditions that draw her into a dangerous negotiation over secrecy, attraction, and control.

Thalia needs to remain unmarried until her birthday to secure money for an orphanage. A duke searching for his missing sister offers a temporary engagement in exchange for help deciphering clues, binding two urgent plans together.

Alice deliberately seeks scandal to free her betrothed for her sister, choosing a man she considers safely unsuitable. Their public kiss forces a marriage neither intended, leaving the new couple to negotiate hostility, desire, and conflicting expectations.

Widowed Anna refuses to surrender her home when Jeremy unexpectedly inherits the dukedom. He allows her to stay while seeking another husband for her, but their increasingly contentious household arrangement complicates his determination to send her elsewhere.

Julia disrupts a friend’s wedding to save her from a feared groom, then finds the duke demanding she replace his missing bride. His need for a mother for his son creates a marriage shadowed by troubling rumors.

Joanna impersonates a frightened friend to discourage an intimidating duke, but her insults capture his interest instead. When Evan discovers the substitution, he offers secrecy in exchange for a month of pretending they are involved.