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The Duke's Double Bet: A Scandalous Wager, a Guarded Heart, and The Match no One Expects
Paperback
Series: Tales from the Matchmaker's Society, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 9 2025
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A bruising wager. A fake betrothal. A love that refuses to follow the rules of the ton.
When a vicious bet at White's brands wallflower Miss Charlotte Fairweather unmarriageable, she vows to survive the Season in silence-until London's newest power, Benedict Ashbourne, Duke of Ashworth, offers a daring solution: a three-month fake engagement that helps them both.
He needs freedom from relentless matchmaking to repair a dukedom in disarray. She needs a shield from scandal and the chance to be seen as more than a bluestocking. The rules are simple: staged promenades in Hyde Park, perfectly polite public smiles, absolutely no real feelings.
But late-night conversations about mathematics and the stars turn to stolen glances. Museum appearances become real meetings of the mind. A single kiss in a dark carriage threatens to shatter their careful bargain-just as the original wager explodes in the scandal sheets, painting Charlotte as a grasping nobody and Ashworth as a generous fool.
Society demands he cut the entanglement. Instead, the duke who proposed a fake bet must decide whether to fight for a very real marriage-with the only woman who has ever understood the man behind the title.
The Duke's Double Bet launches Tales from the Matchmaker's Society with a steam-kissed, slow-burn Regency romance full of banter, swoon, and a guaranteed HEA. Perfect for readers who love fake engagements, intellectual equals, witty repartee, a burdened duke, and a brilliant wallflower who refuses to dim.
Expect:
- Fake engagement → real feelings - A wager at White's - Scandal-sheet fallout
- Smart, STEM-flavored chemistry - Protective duke energy - Library, museum & opera scenes
- Found family & series arc via the Matchmaker's Society - Standalone HEA
Heat level: Steamy kisses to open-door intimacy; tender, emotional, and character-driven.
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