Books by Tessa Dare
The first installment of Dare’s ‘Girl Meets Duke’ series follows the unconventional marriage between the wealthy Duke of Ashbury and an unassuming vicar’s daughter and seamstress, Emma Gladstone. Having recently returned from the Napoleonic Wars, the brooding Duke finds himself in need of an heir—and he finds Emma in his library he decides that she’ll do. The rule is: no emotion. No questions, no feelings, and certainly no love. But this brooding Duke meets his match in his newly appointed wife, who is equally headstrong and possesses her own set of rules. Dare’s novel comes recommended by Julia Quinn herself, who has described it as “warm and funny,” and—just like the Bridgerton books—it has just the right balance of froth and darkness.
From our article Books like Bridgerton
