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Duchess by Design
Duchess by Design: The Gilded Age Girls Club | Maya Rodale
3 posts | 5 read | 5 to read
In the first novel of Maya Rodale’s enthralling new series, an English duke vows to make an American seamstress his duchess... In Gilded Age Manhattan, anything can happen... Seeking a wealthy American bride who can save his family’s estate, Brandon Fiennes, the duke of Kingston, is a rogue determined to do the right thing. But his search for an heiress goes deliciously awry when an enchanting seamstress tumbles into his arms instead. ...and true love is always in fashion Miss Adeline Black aspires to be a fashionable dressmaker—not a duchess—and not even an impossibly seductive duke will distract her. But Kingston makes an offer she can’t refuse: join him at society events to display her gowns and advise him on which heiresses are duchess material. It’s the perfect plan—as long as they resist temptation, avoid a scandal, and above all do not lose their hearts.
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Amandacb
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Pickpick

There‘s some great feminism and workers rights bits in here! The love story is cute and the dresses are great.

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balletbookworm
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Mehso-so

I have agonized over my thoughts on Maya‘s new book. It isn‘t BAD, this was a fun read. I loved all the amazing historical details, lady-positive plot points, & consent-positive sexytimes. I just didn‘t believe that, beyond the Instalust, Kingston and Adeline deserved their HEA. They didn‘t spend very much time together aside from a walk in the park, a meeting or two and a few nights out on the town. We don‘t really get to know them as a couple.

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Loric
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Mehso-so

A Gilded Age romance, this is a story about a somewhat impoverished Duke who comes to America in search of a wealthy heiress seeking a noble title, in-order to save his Dukedom, but instead ends up falling in love with a seamstress.

I received this as a goodreads giveaway