Although Bray knows a man doesn’t go back on his promise and that he will most likely have to marry the woman, he’s definitely trying to wait and see if the anticipation just goes away or if there’s some way that the promise can be rendered null and void. He makes a promise and two years later, now the Duke of Braystone, it seems all of London is waiting for him to announce his engagement to Miss Louisa Prim. At the beginning of the book, Bray has not come into the Dukedom yet and is challenged to a race by another member which ends in tragedy. The Duke In My Bed is the first book in a new series based around members of a notorious club in London where the members are all heirs to a title. And it doesn’t seem like the Duke will be able to grant her either. Because while there’s no denying that the Duke is tempting, Louisa wants two things out of life….a marriage for love and to always take care of her sisters. When the Duke wagers that not only will she marry him, but she will ask him she knows that she must think of her sisters first. When they finally do cross paths, Louisa finds him arrogant and knows that his tolerance of her sisters is low. Louisa hasn’t even met the man who promised her brother he would marry her two years ago but it doesn’t matter. The best chance of a match for them is in London and their uncle agrees so that he may relinquish his duties. Louisa has long resigned herself to the fact that she will not marry until she sees all of her sisters settled. Nevertheless Louisa has convinced him to allow the girls to come to London so that she may supervise the sister below her in a season. The title her brother Nathan was to inherit has gone to an uncle who isn’t entirely impressed about having to take care of five girls. Two years later and Miss Louisa Prim, the eldest of the five sisters is still mourning the loss of her parents and brother.

The promise is heard by other members of society and it isn’t long before the entire Upper Ten Thousand know about it. When the carriage race ends in tragedy, Bray finds himself promising his friend that he will take care of his five sisters and marry the eldest. He’s a rake and a hellion of course and he cannot resist a dare to race from another member of the club.

The Duke In My Bed (The Heirs’ Club of Scoundrels #1)Ĭopy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalleyīray Drakestone is a member of the Heirs Club, reserved for those who are to inherit titles.

The Duke in My Bed by Amelia Grey