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With the success of Julia Quinns latest New York Times bestsellers A Night Like This and The Sum of All Kisses, we continue to be in the perfect position to republish THE DUKE AND I.

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Can there be any greater challenge to London´s Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke?-Lady Whistledown´s Society Papers, April 1813

By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend´s sister-the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf-Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth-it´s all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable.

But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, it´s hard to remember that their courtship is a sham. Maybe it´s his devilish smile, certainly it´s the way his eyes seem to burn every time he looks at her . . . but somehow Daphne is falling for the dashing duke . . . for real! And now she must do the impossible and convince the handsome rogue that their clever little scheme deserves a slight alteration, and that nothing makes quite as much sense as falling in love.

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Julia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than two dozen novels for Avon Books, she is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and is one of only sixteen authors ever to be inducted in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family. Please visit her on the web at www.juliaquinn.com.

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