To Desire a Wicked Duke

Passion ignites in Nicole Jordan's delectable, dazzling conclusion to The Courtship Wars.

Two years after losingher beloved fiance to war, Tess Blanchard feels ready to chance love again. Thus she's aghast when a threatening scandal forces her to wed her longtime nemesis, Ian Sutherland, Duke of Rotham. Theimpossibly arrogant, irresistibly seductive nobleman is the last man Tess could ever imagine loving. Making matters worse, she discovers secrets in Rotham's wicked past that send her fleeing London for his remotecastle in Cornwall.

Having long desired Tess, Ian is exasperated that the ton thinks he's driven his reluctant new bride from their marriage bed and follows hard on her heels. Naturally, theirspirited rivalry leads to glorious, pleasure-filled nights--complicated by a mysterious ghost who haunts Ian's castle and Tess's vexing insistence that he play matchmaker to her friends. Butcan blazing desire between two warring hearts turn into wedded bliss and timeless love?

From the Paperback edition.

When scandal forces her to marry her enemy, the Duke of Rotham, Tess Blanchard, after discovering her new husband's dark secrets, flees to his remote castle in Cornwall where a mysterious ghost and undeniable passion brings them together in a way they could have never imagined. By the author of The Seduction. Original.

\Nicole Jordan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous historical romances. She lives with her real-life hero (her husband) in the Rocky Mountains of Utah, where she is at work on her next enthralling tale about the sparks that fly when Regency lovers play the matrimonial mating game.