But if anything is to come of their attraction, Sebastian will have to make his peace with his new place in the world, and Ivy will have to decide whether she is willing to sacrifice her hard-won independence. Ivy immediately apologizes for taking advantage of an employee, though soon after she and Sebastian agree that “it wasn’t just a kiss,” and a relationship begins to bloom. As they continue to work together, however, there are multiple chances for the two to explore the chemistry that’s obvious to everybody but them-and finally, a “spectacular opportunity” presents itself and the two kiss. Though she also finds him attractive, he ends up working for her, and he needs to stay employed for the first time in his life, meaning he can’t pursue her. He’s immediately interested in the proprietor, Ivy Holton, a ruined aristocrat who chose to open her own establishment rather than marry the man who'd won her hand from her father in a wager. Unsure how to handle this abrupt change in circumstances, he and his friend Nash stumble into Miss Ivy’s, a new gambling house gaining renown for allowing any person with sufficient funds to play. When is a duke not a duke? When he’s Sebastian de Silva and he’s just been informed that his parents were not legally married, so his claim to be the Duke of Hasford is null and void. de Silva, who stirs feelings she didn’t realize she had.A sudden loss of nobility leads a former duke to his future bride. Now the owner of London’s most intriguing gambling house, Ivy is competent, assured, and measured. Two years ago, Ivy gambled everything that was precious to her-and won. Working with a boss has never seemed so enticing.Įverything tells her he’s a risk she has to take… Now, Sebastian is flummoxed as to what to do with his life-until he stumbles into a gambling den owned by Miss Ivy, a most fascinating young lady, who hires him on the spot.

An accident of birth has turned him into plain Mr. Until he discovers the only thing that truly belongs to him is his charm. Sebastian, Duke of Hasford, has a title, wealth, privilege, and plenty of rakish charm. One of Orpah Mag's Best Romance Novels of 2020!Ī disinherited duke and a former lady are courting much more than business in the first novel in Megan Frampton’s newest titillating series, Hazards of Dukes. One of Cosmopolitan's Best Romance Novels of 2020!

Never Kiss a Duke by Megan Frampton