num_pages: 400
description: USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday follows A Princess for Christmas with another delightful contemporary Christmas romance between a playboy baron and a woman who has said goodbye to love.Maximillian von Hansburg Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla is trapped. Under pressure from his domineering father he must marry a suitable bride before he inherits a title that feels like a prison sentence. In New York to meet a prospective wife he ditches his responsibilities and appears on Dani Martinezs doorstep. Hes been intrigued by the no-nonsense professor since he met her at the Eldovian royal wedding and is determined to befriend her.Newly single Dani is done with loveshe even has a list entitled Things I Will Never Again Do for a Manwhich is why she hits it off with notorious rake Max. Hes trying to escape relationships and shes resolved to avoid them at all costs. All they want from each other is friendship and a distraction from their messy lives.As their bond begins to deepen so does their attraction until they end up in bed together. Falling in love was never part of the planMaxs family doesnt see Dani as a perfect match even as his heart tells him shes the one and Dani isnt sure she can make it in Maxs world. Can they find the courage to live they life they desire even if it means risking everything?
language: English
title: Duke, Actually
publisher: Avon