So he finally goes to visit Miss Louisa Prim (yes, her name is Miss Prim, because names are very symbolic and important) (and if names are symbolic and important, then Bray is… a donkey? Who makes donkey noises? I digress) to inform her that he’ll marry her now, and she’s like, “nah, I’m good thanks.”īecause this interaction happens about thirty pages in, for the rest of the book I kept picturing Bray as Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother, and it was scarily accurate to his characterization and also completely unsexy.
Bray has assumed the Dukedom, and has decided that it’s high time he set about producing an heir.
Bray promises the dying man that he’ll take care of Bray’s younger sisters, which includes marrying the eldest – though he only does so after the dying man begs a bit and the bystanders exert some peer pressure.įast forward to two years later. Until one night, he drunkenly agrees to a curricle race, and there’s an accident, and the other man dies. Here’s the premise: Bray, heir to the Duke of Drakestone, spends his days running around London drinking, gambling, whoring, etc. Overall: Maybe if you really love dukes you’d like it? Plot: Dissolute Duke makes a vow to marry a dying man’s sister "Amelia Grey lights up the pages with humor and passion.Character Chemistry: Loathing each other, longing for each other But why does her opponent have to be a divinely handsome scoundrel? And so sweetly, irresistibly seductive. He bets that the fiery Miss Prim will not only agree to marry him, she will propose to him! With four sisters behind her, Louisa knows she can't lose. Bray, however, sees her rejection as another challenge. Miss Louisa Prim, the eldest sister, doesn't care a whit what the reckless rogue at the Heirs' Club promised her brother-she has no intention of marrying the future Duke of Drakestone. Now gamblers all over London are placing bets on whether Bray will actually go through with it. Bray is forced to agree to marry one of his challenger's five sisters-sight unseen. But the friendly wager takes an unexpected and deadly turn. From bestselling author Amelia Grey comes The Duke in My Bed, a wickedly romantic tale of one reckless bachelor, five unwed sisters, and a wildly unconventional game of love.Īs a notorious member of the Heirs' Club, Bray Drakestone can't resist a challenge from one of his well-heeled colleagues-especially when it involves money and horses.
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