A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins

Her novel Duke with Benefits was named a Kirkus Best Romance of 2017. A former academic librarian, she holds master's degrees in English and Library & Information Studies. Manda Collins grew up on a combination of Nancy Drew books and Jane Austen novels, and her own brand of historical romantic suspense is the result. With time running out, can Poppy and Langham find the real culprit-before Poppy becomes the next victim?

But before Langham can propose in truth, their search reveals a tangled web of lies and betrayals. Yet the longer the ruse goes on, the more Poppy and Langham realize how false their first impressions were-and the less pretend their engagement feels. A fake betrothal will give Poppy and her sister the power of the dukedom and protect Langham from the society misses intent on becoming his duchess.

ĭespite a rather dismal first meeting, Joshua Fielding, the Duke of Langham, has no intention of abandoning a lady in need. Only a most unexpected-and unwelcome-collision interrupts her journey home. However, when her beloved sister is accused of murder, Poppy cannot leave her to the wolves. To escape an odious betrothal, she fled to London where she's been hiding as the unassuming secretary Flora Deaver. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady in danger must be in need of rescue, but whether she wants to be rescued is up for debate-for fans of Evie Dunmore and Netflix's Bridgerton from the bestselling author of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem!Įngland, 1867: Miss Poppy Delamare is living a lie.

A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins