Love And The Unexpected Duchess - St Carteret Series, #1

A scandalous betrothal... A dangerous spy... Is Felicity Marchant truly a lady, or is she an adventuress? When her father's gambling habits leave her family homeless, Felicity (Flick) Marchant is desperate. She approaches the Duke of St Carteret to buy land she inherited, but suddenly everything changes. Her uncle, the Marquis de Gille St-Hilaire, orders Flick and her sister to London. He offers luxury and a fashionable life. Flick can't refuse the Marquis: he's her young sister's guardian.
Then the Duke discovers that the Marquis is a dangerous man: not at all what he seems. To protect Flick and her sister, the Duke offers a betrothal, but her betrothal to St Carteret brings scandal.  Worse, Flick fears she's falling in love with the Duke. She knows she must fight her infatuation. Titles marry titles. St Carteret could never marry her, his duty forbids it. Discover the fashionable world of Regency London.
A world of lords and ladies, rakes and spies, and runaway Poodles. Love And The Unexpected Duchess is the first novel in the St Carteret series of Regency romances.