The American Duke: A Regency-Era Novel

1791. Passing as white in the newly formed United States, Anne, the granddaughter of former slaves, meets and falls in love with Avery Roxbury, a British peer. Despite its legal prohibition, the two marry.

Thirty years later, Avery is murdered. Only then do Anne and their three children discover that he was a member of the aristocracy and that Avery and Anne’s son, Sterling, has inherited a dukedom. But can the family claim it and survive long enough to take their place among the British ton...