Kiss Me, Your Grace
(Cherrill Family Book One)
Sparks and fur fly when two Victorian dog owners meet in Regent’s Park!
Margaret Haselden lost her parents young and has made a life for herself in the household of a kindly doctor and his wife. It isn’t a bad life—but it isn’t quite hers, either. When she takes in a scrappy stray terrier found rummaging through her rubbish bins, she finally has something to care for that’s entirely her own.
Then her new companion sinks his teeth into the prized bulldog of Edward Cherrill, Duke of St. Lawrence!
Edward has spent his life being exactly the duke his family needs him to be—responsible, composed, and far too busy for nonsense like a scruffy terrier terrorizing his prize bulldog. But Margaret’s fierce devotion to her dog catches his attention.
As their paths keep crossing in the park, over tea, and everywhere in between, Edward discovers that Margaret makes him laugh, challenges him, and tempts him to forget the endless demands of his title. Margaret, meanwhile, finds a duke who is far warmer—and far funnier—than his imposing reputation suggests.
Neither of them is looking for love. Margaret has spent too long content with a life that was never quite her own, and Edward has spent too long putting duty before his own happiness. But with every stolen smile and morning stroll, the impossible becomes harder to resist.
Because sometimes the best matches aren’t made by pedigree.
They’re made by chance, in muddy parks, with one very badly behaved dog.