With both Sheridan and Vanessa acting as though they weren't attracted to each other, it made for a very aggravating story. However, he was never quite able to keep Vanessa far from his thoughts and he was constantly jealous of other men who showered her with attention.
Sheridan, having had a tragic romance many years prior, had determined he would never allow himself to fall in love again.
Vanessa, who had been enamored with Sheridan for a long time, was vexed that she didn't seem to mean anything to him at all, so she pretended to have an interest in a certain poet friend of his half-brother. Undercover Duke, Book 5 in the Duke Dynasty series, was about His Grace Sheridan Wolfe, Duke of Armitage, and Miss Vanessa Pryde, cousin to His Grace Fletcher “Grey” Pryde, the Duke of Greycourt, and niece to Sir Noah Rayner. As the duke’s jealousy becomes evident, the two find themselves propelled into a scheme involving a pretend engagement, a secret inquiry – and a perhaps not-so-secret leap into true love… Vanessa’s theatrical flirtation is intended only to break through the duke’s business-like demeanour and guarded emotions, for it is Sheridan she truly has her sights, and her heart, set on. Besides, lovely Miss Pryde seems utterly smitten with a roguish London playwright… His investigations bring him into dangerous proximity with the captivating Vanessa Pryde, but the duke, still haunted by a tragically lost love, is resolved to resist the attraction. Sabrina Jeffries, one of the best-known names in historical romance, weaves an enchanting Regency romance with a mystery at its core, as half-siblings investigate the truth about their mother’s succession of beloved husbands – and their own surprising identities as eligible young nobles.Īlong with his half-siblings, Sheridan Wolfe, Duke of Armitage, is determined to solve the mysteries behind the suspicious deaths of their mother’s three husbands.
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