BOOK TWO OF THE HAMILTON SERIES

WARNING: A Regency Era novel. Adult content with detailed smut…Read at you own risk⚠️⛔️ 

Genre: Historical Romance / Smut / Enemies-to-Lovers / Mystery / Comedy

[Book Two of the Hamilton Series. Can be read as a standalone, but better enjoyed after Lady Ines’ Scandalous Hobby.]


To the world, Duke Rowan Hamilton is the perfect gentleman. But in the bedroom, he is a man possessed.

Rowan Hamilton has it all: a Ducal title, the face of a fallen angel, and a smile that makes debutantes faint. He is the "Golden Duke"—charming, responsible, and utterly adored by society.

But it’s all a lie.

Beneath the coats and polite manners, Rowan is a man haunted by a ghost. For three years, he has remained faithful to the memory of a masked woman who stole a kiss, bested him at a game of chance, and vanished into the night. He doesn't want any one as his wife; he wants her.

When his domineering aunt tires of his bachelorhood, she hires London’s most notorious underground matchmaker to force the issue.

Enter Miss Delaney Kingsley.

She is sharp-tongued, infuriatingly competent, and entirely unimpressed by his title. Her mission? To drag Rowan to the altar with the season’s "Diamond," Lady Celine, within three months to collect the juicy payment Rowan’s aunt had to offer.

Rowan intends to fire the meddlesome woman. But when Delaney looks at him with those hazel, intelligent eyes and orders him around like a young lad, he feels the first spark of life he’s felt in years.

He decides to play her game. He will let her "coach" him on how to woo a lady. He will let her teach him how to dance, how to flirt, and how to seduce.

But he has no intention of using those lessons on Lady Celine.

"You were hired to find me a Duchess, Miss Kingsley. But the only person I want in my duchy and in my bed... is you."

As the lessons turn into forbidden nights and the bickering turns into scorching passion, Rowan begins to suspect that his matchmaker is hiding a secret of her own. 

She moves like a shadow, handles a rifle like a soldier, and tastes exactly like the ghost he’s been hunting for three years.

What to Expect:

 * The Golden Retriever Duke: Who turns into a possessive Alpha behind closed doors. 

 * The Matchmaker Trope: She’s trying to marry him off; he’s trying to take her clothes off. 

 * High Heat: Slow burn that explodes into intense smut.

 * Competence Kink: He falls harder every time she bosses him around. 

 * Cameos: Featuring the chaotic domestic life of Duchess Ines and Duke Carcel (and their baby Harry!). 

Excerpt:

 "Your Grace, please focus," Delaney snapped, adjusting his cravat with efficient, gloved hands. "Lady Celine is waiting in the ballroom. You must look at her as if she is the only woman in the world."

Rowan caught her wrist, stopping her movements. He stepped into her space, backing her against the heavy oak door of the study, his "Golden Boy" mask slipping to reveal the hunger beneath.

 "And how, exactly, does one do that, Miss Kingsley?" he whispered, his voice rough. "Show me."

 "I—I cannot show you, I am merely the coach—"

"Then teach me," he growled, lowering his head until his lips brushed the sensitive skin of her neck. "Teach me how to pretend I am not burning alive every time you walk into a room."

Ines sat up straighter. "She has? You have a candidate?"


"Well," Rowan corrected himself, smoothing his trousers. "She will be coming tomorrow. She will stay a few days and leave to prepare for the ball. She is bringing her mother."


Ines frowned. "Staying here? At Hamilton House?"


"Yes," Rowan said. "And her uncle is also coming. Lord Sterling mentioned him. He wishes to discuss business with me regarding the railway expansion. It seemed... efficient to combine the visits. He won't be staying for long so it's a win."


"Business and courting," she muttered. "How romantic. Who is she, Rowan? Do not make me guess."


Rowan looked at the fire. He pictured the blonde hair, the blue eyes, the gentle conversations.


"Celine Farrington?" she repeated. "The Diamond? The girl who was presented three weeks ago?"


"Yes," Rowan said. "She is... she is the one. Or I think so."


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