The Duke of Defiance

The Untouchables seriesbook 5 of 6Next:The Duke of Danger(2017) →

Difficult and defiant as a child, Bran Crowther, Earl of Knighton left England as a young man to pursue independence and adventure. He never expected to inherit the title and when duty calls him home, he still finds Society's codes constricting and others' expectations oppressive. Nevertheless, he needs a wife to be a mother to his young daughter, preferably a woman of intelligence and warmth who is, above all, immune to his idiosyncrasies—and to falling in love.

Read more

Widow Joanna Shaw isn't interested in a second marriage, not after the loveless, passionless union she endured. She'd much rather dote on her young niece and nephew since they will likely be the only children in her life...until she meets a precocious girl, in desperate need of a mother. But her father, the so-called Duke of Defiance, is as peculiar as he is handsome, and Jo won't take another risk with her heart. Their rules, however, are made to be broken, even when the consequences could destroy them both.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 265 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Duke of Defiance? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Duke of Defiance. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. A Notorious Ruin Shares historical romance, historical fiction, romance
  2. Wicked Shares historical romance, historical fiction, romance
  3. On a Long Ago Night Shares historical romance, historical fiction, romance
  4. Call Down the Moon Shares historical romance, historical fiction, romance

“If you want more of the same (historical romance about widows), start with these.”

  1. The Pleasures of Passion
  2. The Sometime Bride
  3. The Westerby Sisters
  4. The Devil's Bride

“If it was the historical fiction that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Distracting the Duke
  2. The Ugly Duckling
  3. Charity
  4. Once Upon a Wager

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Texan's Inherited Family
  2. First Comes Marriage
  3. Mortal Deception
  4. Small-Town Moms: A Dry Creek Family/A Mother for Mule Hollow (Mule Hollow, #17)