And as scandal threatens to envelop them both, she must decide if she can risk everything for love with a most unlikely duke. Although she tries to control her irresistible attraction to Raphe, every day she spends with him only deepens her realization that this may be the one man she cannot do without. Agreeing to tutor the brutish new duke can only lead to ruin. But when a stunning reversal of fortune lands Raphe the title of Duke of Huntley, he's determined to make a go of becoming a proper lord, but he'll need a little help, and his captivating neighbor might be just the woman for the job.Īfter her sister's scandalous match, Lady Gabriella knows the ton's eyes are on her.

The bare-knuckle boxer has spent the last fifteen years eking out an existence for himself and his two sisters. It’s hard to understand how such a closely guarded young woman could manage to spend so many hours a day unchaperoned with her scandalous neighbor, but it’s just one of the ways Barnes (His Scandalous Kiss, 2016, etc.) could have done with a more exacting editor in the first novel of her Diamonds in the Rough series. A Most Unlikely Duke: Diamonds in the Rough is written by Sophie Barnes and published by Avon. Raphe Matthews hasn't stepped foot in polite circles since a tragedy left his once-noble family impoverished and in debt. He never thought he'd become a duke, or that the secrets of his past would cost him his greatest love.

A Most Unlikely Duke by Sophie Barnes