📚 The Collection Overview
: Lord Lucian Horton wants to court a woman named Blanche, but her father decrees that no man may court her until her sharp-tongued older sister, Catherine, is married off. Lucian enlists his friend, the dedicated bachelor Daxton Hawke (the Duke of Petrush), to stage a fake courtship with Catherine to clear the path. A Duke in Winter by Emily Royal
: Following the anthology's run, Emily Royal published The Taming of the Duke as an independent novella. 🔍 Full Author Lineup 📚 The Collection Overview : Lord Lucian Horton
If you are specifically looking for Emily Royal's work in this book, her story is a Regency-era romance that heavily features the "fake dating" and "enemies to lovers" tropes: 🔍 Full Author Lineup If you are specifically
: She contributed the opening story to the anthology, which is a standalone connected to her popular Misfits of the Ton series. 📖 Emily Royal's Story: The Taming of the Duke
If you pick up the full A Duke in Winter collection, you will read stories from: Emily Royal Elizabeth Johns Anna St. Claire Elizabeth Keysian Caroline Warfield Elizabeth Ellen Carter Ruth A. Casie C.H. Admirand Charlotte Wren Sandra Sookoo
: Catherine resolves never to marry after past heartbreaks but accepts the Duke's advances to help her younger sister. Despite her icy exterior, Daxton thrives on her fiery nature.