Duchess by Design by Maya Rodale

Duchess by Design

The Gilded Age Girls Club

Maya Rodale

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 23, 2018

In the first novel of Maya Rodale’s enthralling new series, an English duke vows to make an American seamstress his duchess...

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Who it’s for
A duke’s matchmaking scheme meets a seamstress’s ambitions in Gilded Age Manhattan.
Themes
Romantic love, Fashion and ambition, Social class
Genres
Gilded-Age Romance, Victorian Romance, Royal Romance

About this book

In the first novel of Maya Rodale’s enthralling new series, an English duke vows to make an American seamstress his duchess... In Gilded Age Manhattan, anything can happen... Seeking a wealthy American bride who can save his family’s estate, Brandon Fiennes, the duke of Kingston, is a rogue determined to do the right thing.

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But his search for an heiress goes deliciously awry when an enchanting seamstress tumbles into his arms instead. ...and true love is always in fashion Miss Adeline Black aspires to be a fashionable dressmaker—not a duchess—and not even an impossibly seductive duke will distract her. But Kingston makes an offer she can’t refuse: join him at society events to display her gowns and advise him on which heiresses are duchess material. It’s the perfect plan—as long as they resist temptation, avoid a scandal, and above all do not lose their hearts.

Fashion Meets Feeling

A duke’s matchmaking scheme meets a seamstress’s ambitions in Gilded Age Manhattan.

Come here for

  • Dressmaking ambitions alongside society courtship
  • A sensible plan complicated by attraction

Expect

  • Playful courtship, temptation, and scandal
  • A seamstress set on dressmaking, not duchesshood

Where it sits

Gilded-Age Romance72%
Victorian Romance56%
Royal Romance48%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Victorian Romance
  • American Historical Romance
  • Women's Fiction
Authors
Maya Rodale
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 23, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Romantic love · Fashion and ambition · Social class
Reading lane
Victorian Romance