Forever and a Duke (Rogues to Riches Series #3) (Includes a bonus novella)

by Grace Burrowes

Overview

It's a clash of the classes in this beauty and the geek Regency romance that's "fun, flirty and just a little nerdy," and an instant USA Today bestseller. (BookPage)



Wrexham, Duke of Elsmore, is overrun by family obligations. With three sisters to escort about Town, a legion of cousins to look after, and aunties who insist he dance with every eligible young woman, he barely has time to manage his dukedom. When he finally carves out a moment to evaluate his family's finances, he learns that he — and his sisters — are on the verge of social catastrophe.


Eleanora Hatfield has an uncanny knack for numbers, but she knows from experience that dealing with the peerage can only lead to problems. Though she wants nothing to do with any titled gentleman, she reluctantly agrees to help when Rex seeks aid from her employer. What starts out as an unwanted assignment soon leads to forbidden kisses and impossible longings. But with scandal haunting Ellie's past and looming in Rex's future, how can true love lead to anything but heartbreak?


Includes the bonus story "The Lady in Red" by Kelly Bowen!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538700273
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	11/26/2019
Series:	Rogues to Riches (Wentworth Family) Series , #3
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	130,608
Product dimensions:	4.15(w) x 6.75(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Grace Burrowes grew up in central Pennsylvania and is the sixth of seven children. She discovered romance novels in junior high and has been reading them voraciously ever since. Grace has a bachelor's degree in political science, a bachelor of music in music history (both from the Pennsylvania State University), a master's degree in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University, and a juris doctor from the National Law Center at George Washington University.

Grace is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes Georgian, Regency, Scottish Victorian, and contemporary romances in both novella and novel lengths. She enjoys giving workshops and speaking at writers' conferences.

Editorial Reviews

09/02/2019

Burrowes’s delightfully geeky and warm third Rogues to Riches Regency (after When a Duchess Says I Do) lets its protagonists impress each other not with riches and beauty, but with intelligence and attention. Charming “Rex” Wrexam, Duke of Elsmore and major stakeholder in Dorset and Becker Savings and Trust, needs a way to discreetly examine his family’s disastrous finances before the lawyers of his sisters’ suitors do. He asks his colleague Quinn Wentworth, Duke of Walden, to lend him the services of unnervingly meticulous auditor Eleanora Hatfield. Ellie focuses on the work while keeping her distance from Rex, as she distrusts nobles and is embarrassed about her family’s criminal activities, but long hours over ledgers turn to trysting, and she allows herself to indulge, despite the seeming impossibility of the two developing a long-term relationship. The likable leads regard each other with intellectual and personal respect, and the investigative threads of the story bond them as partners independent of their attraction. Meanwhile, the caricatured, corrupt fat-cat villains will be fun for readers to hate. Burrowes’s fans will find this an excellent continuation of a very strong series. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"Delightfully geeky and warm... an excellent continuation of a very strong series."—Publishers Weekly

"Another smart story from popular Burrowes. Fans of Amanda Quick and Brenda Joyce's Cahill mysteries should enjoythis."—Booklist


"Grace Burrowes is terrific!"—Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author


"Burrowes is a writer of towering talent."—USA Today Happy Ever After


"Grace Burrowes writes from the heart—with warmth, humor, and a generous dash of sensuality, her stories are unputdownable! If you're not reading Grace Burrowes you're missing the very best in today's Regency Romance!"—Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author


"Grace Burrowes is a romance treasure."—Tessa Dare, New York Times bestselling author


"Sexy heroes, strong heroines, intelligent plots, enchanting love stories...Grace Burrowes's romances have them all."—Mary Balogh, New York Times bestselling author


"Grace Burrowes puts a gender-swapped, historical spin on a "beauty and the geek" premise... File this one under fun, flirty and just a little nerdy."—BookPage

From the Publisher

2019-09-13
A woman asked to look into irregularities at a duke's bank finds evidence of theft—and an unexpected love.

When Wrexham, Duke of Elsmore, asks the Duke of Walden for help in reviewing his personal finances and the ledgers of the bank he owns, Walden introduces him to Eleanora Hatfield, his auditor. Eleanora is a scrupulously honest woman who has escaped a family legacy of criminal activity by using her math skills and has acquired a fearsome reputation for accounting accuracy. While wary of the aristocracy, she agrees to help the genial duke find errors (or embezzlement) at his venerable institution. The discretion necessary for the task leads them to solitary tête-à-têtes, and as Wrexham's fundamental kindness teaches the wary Eleanora to trust him, she trains him to acquire a sharper eye toward the practices of his employees and family members. As in When a Duchess Says I Do (2019), Burrowes relates the romances of acquaintances of the Walden family, whose head was the protagonist of her first Rogues to Riches novel, My One and Only Duke (2018). Though not quite rising to the charm of that story, this tale of love is appealing because of the unusual backdrop of banking fraud in 19th-century Britain. Scenes of the disparity between the upper class and the struggling classes serve as a reminder of the unfair economic and justice systems that undergird this society. These systems also act as the barrier Wrexham must overcome if he is to persuade Eleanora that they can marry. Both protagonists are finely etched, as are a few supporting characters who are likely to get their own romances in the future.

A moderately paced, satisfying tale of an accountant who saves an aristocrat from financial ruin while unwittingly winning his heart.

Kirkus Reviews

10/01/2019

Wrexham, Duke of Elsmore, is struggling to balance his account ledgers and suspects his money is mysteriously disappearing, the culprit yet to be identified. With his sisters being courted and estates relying on those funds, it's vital he discover where the problems are occurring and to solve them. Ellie Hatfield knows numbers inside out, as well as a array of financial schemes that can be used to fudge records, and is recommended to Rex to assist in his financial review. If word got out that the Duke of Elsmore was having financial difficulties, both his family and the family's bank would be ruined. Forced to meet in secret, Rex and Ellie begin to pick apart the ducal finances, and a romance blossoms between the two. Even as Rex reassures Ellie he doesn't care about her station, Ellie knows her past would be another blow to Rex's reputation, which is already in peril. VERDICT The passion is strong in Burrowes's latest entry in this new series. Yet with the Wentworths, who were central to the first book, playing a smaller part and a rather convoluted financial mystery, this may be in less demand by all but Burrowes's devoted fans. The bonus novella from Kelly Bowen is a delight.—Kellie Tilton, Univ. of Cincinnati Blue Ash

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