Put
up Your Duke
Dukes Behaving Badly #2
Dukes Behaving Badly #2
By: Megan Frampton
Releasing June 30, 2015
Avon
Blurb
He
was once happily bedding and boxing, but in the newest DUKES BEHAVING BADLY
novel, Nicholas Smithfield has inherited a title and a bride…
To
keep his estate afloat, the new Duke of Gage must honor an agreement to marry
Lady Isabella. Stunningly beautiful, utterly tempting,
she’s also a bag of wedding night nerves, so Nicholas decides to wait to do his
duty-even if it means heading to the boxing saloon every day to punch away his
frustration.
Groomed
her whole life to become the perfect duchess Isabella longs for independence, a
dream that is gone forever. As her husband, Nicholas can do whatever he
likes-but, to Isabella’s surprise the notorious rake instead begins a gentle
seduction that is melting every inch of her reserve, night by night…
To
his utter shock, Nicholas’s discovers that none of his previous exploits were
half as pleasurable as wooing his own wife. But has the realm’s most
disreputable Duke found the one woman who can bring him to his knees-and leave
him there?
“We
should talk.” Were there three words more likely to strike terror into a man’s
heart when spoken by a lady?
Well,
there were those other three words,
but Nicholas didn’t think she was likely to tell him those anytime soon.
It
wasn’t working. His going off to fight to stave off the wanting of her.
He’d
slipped out of her bedroom just after she’d fallen asleep. His arm had already
gone to sleep, and it was difficult to disengage himself from her without
waking her. But if she woke, she’d likely be all relaxed and comfortable, and
he would look down at her gorgeous face, and full, soft mouth and he didn’t
know if he could resist leaning down and taking a kiss.
And
then, since he was Nicholas Smithfield, after all, renowned for his skill with
ladies, he wouldn’t stop there. That is, not unless she wanted him to stop.
He’d slide his fingers down her arm, to her waist, hold her as he kissed her
slowly, languorously, then more intensely as she reacted—as she would. He knew
he was good in bed, he’d been told enough, and not just by women he’d paid for
the privilege.
He’d
even had a few of the paid women asking him to return, no charge, just for the
pleasure he brought them.
He
was not necessarily proud that lovemaking and boxing appeared to be his only
skills. But he wasn’t necessarily unproud, either. Not that he could tell his
wife about his prowess in those areas—she’d already made it clear she didn’t
understand at all why he liked to box, and he wasn’t going to share any details
of the other sport with her.
So
he’d gotten himself pummeled this morning, and then walked into her bedroom
only to find her in her nightdress and then insisting on fussing over him. Not
scared of him anymore, at least, but that only made his desire for her come
roaring back, even more strongly than before, when all he’d seen was her face.
Now
he’d heard her voice, and spoken with her, and knew she wasn’t the ice princess
he’d thought. She was a warm, gorgeous, kind woman, and he wanted to get into
bed with her and not let her out until she told him what she really wanted. Or screamed
his name, whichever came first. So to speak.
But
that would definitely take time. Because it was a long way between dabbing a
cloth on cuts caused by fighting, and allowing him—no, joining him—in a bout, preferably more, in sweaty, intense, passionate
lovemaking.
Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/127805-dukes-behaving-badly
Author Info
Megan Frampton writes historical
romance under her own name and romantic women’s fiction as Megan Caldwell. She
likes the color black, gin, dark-haired British men, and huge earrings, not in
that order. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and son.
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2 comments:
Thank you for hosting PUT UP YOUR DUKE!
Great review thank you, I'm looking forward to reading this,
Penney
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