The Duke And I : Number 1 in series

The irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers.

He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton.

After all, it isn't as if the brooding rogue has any real plans to marry - though there is something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets the Duke's heart beating a bit faster. And as for Daphne, surely the clever debutante will attract some very worthy suitors now that is seems a duke has declared her desirable.

But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with her 'fiance', she soon forgets that their courtship is a complete sham. And now she has to do the impossible and keep herself from losing her heart and soul completely to the handsome hell-raiser who has swom off marriage forever.