A duke must choose wisely .

Leopold Dautry, the notorious Duke of Villiers, need to wed quickly and nobly-and his options, alas, are few. The Duke of Montague’s girl, Eleanor, is usually exquisitely gorgeous and fiercely smart. Villiers betroths himself to her without additional ado.

After all, simply no other woman actually qualifies. Lisette, the outspoken girl of the Duke of Gilner, cares nothing at all for clothes or decorum. She’s involved to another guy, and doesn’t give a fig for position or title. Half the ton thinks Lisette mad-and Villiers is normally inclined to agree.

Torn between logic and passion, between cleverness and imagination, Villiers finds himself attracted to the very edge of impropriety. But it isn’t until he’s within a duel to the loss of life, fighting for the trustworthiness of the woman he enjoys, that Villiers finally realizes that the greatest risk may not be in the dueling field . . .

But in the bedroom. And the center.