What a Gentleman Wants

Marcus Reese, Duke of Essex, has spent most of his life pulling his twin brother out of trouble. An occasional thank you would suffice; instead, his resentful sibling forges his name to a marriage license and presents him with an unwanted wife. She's a vicar's widow with a mind of her own who may be the first person in Marcus's well-ordered life to make him feel...completely out of control.

Hannah can't help but curse her own idiocy. Dire straits have led her to the altar with a gentleman she hardly knows. Played for a fool, she's embarrassed, furious, and worse, married to an equally outraged stranger--an exasperating man who unleashes all manner of emotions in Hannah, not to mention unwanted desire. Reluctantly, she agrees to play the wife until he can sort out the mess. But the nearness of the undeniably attractive Duke and the passion in his black eyes unsettles her well-guarded hea

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More by Caroline Linden

• A Rake's Guide to Seduction (2008)
• Love in the Time of Scandal (2015)
• What a Rogue Desires (2007)
• A Study in Scandal (2016)
• My Once and Future Duke (2018)
• Six Degrees of Scandal (2016)
• → Caroline Linden books in order (full reading guide)

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