The 12 Dukes of Christmas is a series of heartwarming Regency romps nestled in a picturesque snow-covered village. We're still in the village of Cressmouth, better known as Christmas. A perfume that's making men usually in the shadows of natural born Rakes, irresistible to the ladies of the ton. An ambitious project, 12 stories about 12 'dukes' before Christmas but Ms Ridley is making a fantastic go of it. The story is about female chemist Penelope Mitchell, who questions the validity of love as a concept, and who has made the highly popular perfume 'Duke'. Embrace is book 7 in The 12 Duke's of Christmas series. The other involves losing his heart to an ambitious journalist determined to expose the truth at any cost… The Duke's Embrace, by Erica Ridley, is available at booksellers on 12-3-19. Eve learned the hard way that men are not to be trusted. One happens to be a wee international smuggling operation. The Duke's Embrace Erica Ridley 4.20 400 ratings172 reviews Unpaid and under-appreciated journalist Miss Eve Shelling never goes anywhere without a trusty notebook and her overprotective Duennawho happens to be a bullmastiff. He’s a rakish dandy with a heart of stolen gold and two teeny tiny secrets. Local blacksmith Monsieur Sébastien le Duc is the pillar of his community-when he’s not pillaging elsewhere.

She’s definitely not falling head-over-heels for the deceptively charming subject of her front-page column. Unpaid and under-appreciated journalist Miss Eve Shelling never goes anywhere without a trusty notebook and her overprotective Duenna-who happens to be a bullmastiff. A hidden identities, enemies-to-lovers, feel good romp from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author:

The Duke's Embrace by Erica Ridley