But when Rhys returns, battle scarred, world weary, and more dangerously attractive than ever, the lovely widow is torn between determination and desire. Meredith Maddox believes in hard work, not fate, and romance isn t part of her plan. Out of options, Rhys returns to his ancestral home on the moors of Devonshire, expecting anything but a chance at redemption in the arms of a beautiful innkeeper who dares him to take on the demons of his past and the sweet temptation of a woman s love. His death wish went unanswered on the battlefield, while fate allowed the murder of his good friend in the elite gentlemen’s society known as the Stud Club. Luck is a double edged sword for brooding war hero Rhys St. The daring members of the Stud Club are reckless gamblers and no strangers to risk until love raises the stakes in Twice Tempted by a Rogue. 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. Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. 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.

A 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. In One Dance with a Duke the first novel in Tessa Dare’s delightful new trilogy secrets and scandals tempt the irresistible rogues of the Stud Club to gamble everything for love.

A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare