He hates crowds and so only shows up at parties at midnight for a dance and to escort a lady into dinner then disappears. Spencer is great with horses and absolute rubbish with people. In a bid to keep the little happiness and hope, she has left intact she does the unthinkable and asks the notorious Duke of Midnight to Dance, it is all downhill from there so to speak. When her brother lets her know that due to gambling debts to the Duke of Morland, they can’t go to the cottage to summer all of her world crashes around her.

Even though I can tell she has grown as a writer since writing One Dance with a Duke, the first book of The Stud Club, it was still a very fun tale.Īmelia is a buxom gentry about to be put on the shelf at six and twenty. As some of her earlier works have come to audio, I’ve been able to incorporate them into my reading. Tessa Dare is an autobuy for me now but I haven’t gotten to most of her considerable catalog because it wasn’t on audiobook, until now that is. Will Amelia lose her heart in this reckless wager or win everlasting love? Still, Spencer is a man of mystery, perhaps connected to the shocking murder of the Stud Club's founder. When Amelia demands that Spencer forgive her scapegrace brother's debts, she never imagines that her game of wits and words will lead to breathless passion and a steamy proposal. In a moment of desperation, the unconventional beauty claims the duke's dance and unwittingly steals his heart.

But none of the women catch his interest, and nobody ever bests the duke-until Lady Amelia d'Orsay tries her luck. And Spencer has plenty of it, along with an obsession with a prize horse, a dark secret, and, now, a reputation as the dashing 'Duke of Midnight.' Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. Published by Tantor Audio on August 11, 2020Īmazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, AppleĪ handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a member of the exclusive Stud Club, an organization so select it has only ten members-yet membership is attainable to anyone with luck. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare