Agent: Kim Witherspoon, Inkwell Management Literary Agency. Though it has a well-trodden conflict, this romance is still gratifying. Afraid he’s incapable of romantic love, Trent doubts his emotions until he is forced to confront his hypocrisy. The resulting triangular conflict escalates before resolving abruptly into a country idyll focusing on the slow and awkward development of Trent and Merry’s relationship. Merry, meanwhile, is beginning to realize that she and the fashionable, hidebound Cedric are less suited to each other than she believed. Too late, Trent discovers Merry is already engaged to his brother-and he learns that Cedric only wants Merry for her money. A beautiful new standalone historical romance from New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James, a companion story to her latest romance, How to be a WallflowerThe arrogant Duke of Trent intends to marry a well-bred Englishwoman. Trent, admiring her straightforwardness, instantly desires to marry her himself. She is relieved by a proposal from English aristocrat Cedric before meeting his attractive twin, the Duke of Trent, without realizing Trent’s identity or rank. In 1803, American heiress Merry has already broken two engagements. James ( Four Nights with the Duke) enlivens a series of classic romance clichés with congenial characters and historical tidbits in this light Regency.
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