USA Today  bestselling author Loretta Chase continues her  Difficult Dukes  series with this charming brother’s best friend second-chance historical romance. Of all the dukes in all the world, why does it have to be  him ? Lady Alice Ancaster needs a husband, and fast, because her reckless brother is going to get himself killed, leaving the dukedom—and her future—in their repellent cousin’s clutches. The Duke of Blackwood has known Alice since childhood, and they’ve always had a special connection. But years ago he broke it, when he chose a riotous life with his two best friends instead of a reasonable one with her. The trouble is, the tall, dark, sardonic rogue keeps turning up exactly when needed, and ready—though he sometimes needs a push—to play the hero, if only for as long as it takes. Being irresistibly drawn to the Wrong Man is not convenient, but when events come to a crisis, Alice has to make a choice. The question is, can she live with it? “Loretta Chase continues to prove her reputation as a queen of Regency romances with the second title in her Difficult Dukes series,  Ten Things I Hate About the Duke …. If you’re new to Chase’s work, I encourage you to jump in with both feet….magical, romantic and simply wonderful.” - BookPage “A thoroughly satisfying Regency from one of our finest historical romance authors.” - Kirkus Reviews on Ten Things I Hate About the Duke “A fun new twist on Shakespeare's  The Taming of the Shrew.” - Popsugar on Ten Things I Hate About the Duke “Chase’s consistent gift is to gently puncture all the genre’s conventions but one: the one that makes you care about her Regency hero and heroine and their happy ever after.” - New York Times Book Review on A Duke in Shining Armor “When it comes to writing unforgettable, superbly crafted historical romances, RITA Award–winning Chase is the crème de la crème, and A Duke in Shining Armor … is another exquisitely sensual, perfectly calibrated masterpiece of frothy wit and flawless characterization.” - Booklist (starred review) "With the latest dazzling addition to her Difficult Dukes series ( A Duke in Shining Armor , Ten Things I Hate about the Duke ), readers will again revel in Chase’s buoyant yet deliciously sharp sense of wit and her ability to craft radiantly romantic love stories rendered with the meticulous attention to detail she pays to everything, from nuanced characterization to an expertly evoked historical setting." - Booklist (starred review) Loretta Chase has worked in academe, retail, and the visual arts, as well as on the streets—as a meter maid—and in video, as a scriptwriter. She might have developed an excitingly checkered career had her spouse not nagged her into writing fiction. Her bestselling historical romances, set in the Regency and Romantic eras of the early 19 th century, have won numerous awards, including three from the Romance Writers of America. They have been published in a great many different languages, which she wishes she could read.