The Duke of Diamonds

By V. C. Lluxe

Dark historical romance for fans of Anne Stuart

A highwayman duke is a contradiction in terms. There's no reason for a wealthy and titled man to turn to violent armed robbery. And yet, the Lady Balley, Patience Needbrooke, is positive she recognizes the tall, dark man who pulls her from her carriage that night.

"I. Am. Kidnapping. You," he tells her, speaking quite slowly and enunciating as if she's an idiot.

Patience isn't sure which is worse-being kidnapped by some mad duke or being returned to the man who the duke will appeal to for ransom. Her husband regularly beats her. It's a bad world, or so it seems to her, and she must bear it up and make what she can of it.

When the Duke of Nothshire sees the bruise on the face of his kidnapping quarry, he can easily guess where she got it.

It would be stupid not to return this woman to her husband, stupid not to simply take the money and wash his hands of the entire affair, no matter how it plagues him. He knows that no matter what moral games he plays with himself, the truth is that he's a very bad man, and there's nothing noble in him. Trying to rescue Lady Balley, it would be abundantly stupid.

But then, there's always a stupid reason to kill a pretty woman's husband, is there not?

Dark historical romance for readers not easily triggered who enjoy romantic heroes with complex, tragic, and twisted pasts, heroes who don't always do the right thing but always do whatever they do for the heroine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DNMGTPP8
• ISBN13: 9798300517786
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"