num_pages: 372
description: My dear sister Clara,  London society is so much more complicated than I could ever have known! Every night is a different ball or assembly, and a different swirl of glittering jewels and rustling gowns. Though I fear I am making social blunders left and right I am having some measure of success in my (or rather, Mother's) objective. Mother is beside herself with glee at the attentions I have been receiving from a few gentlemen she finds supremely suitable as husband material.   But my dearest sister, it is so hard for me to even look at any gentleman but a certain duke, who, if I may confess, makes my heart beat so that I fear it can be seen across a ballroom. He is James Langdon, the Duke of Wentworth, and though I may sound dramatic, he makes me feel as no man ever has before.   But I must push these feelings away. I sometimes hear whispers about his dark past, and he is quietly called the Dangerous Duke. Oh Clara! I am secretly overjoyed that he may love me, and at the same time terrified of his attentions. I have waited so long for my true love, and now I must resist him to protect my heart.   If only I knew how to proceed…  Your devoted sister, Sophia 
language: English
title: To Marry the Duke
titlecomplete: To Marry the Duke (American Heiresses, #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Romance, Adult, Regency, Regency Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Victorian
ratings_count: 1843
places: London, England
series: American Heiresses
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: Long Historical Romance, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: HOLT Medallion by Virginia Romance Writers
category: Long Historical
publisher: Avon