A Duke in Shining Armor (Difficult Dukes, #1)

Not All Dukes Are Created Equal. Most Are Upstanding Members Of Society. And Then There’s The Trio Known As Their Dis-graces. Hugh Philemon Ancaster, Seventh Duke Of Ripley, Will Never Win Prizes For Virtue. But Even He Draws The Line At Running Off With His Best Friend’s Bride. All He’s Trying To Do Is Recapture The Slightly Inebriated Lady Olympia Hightower And Return Her To Her Intended Bridegroom. For Reasons That Elude Her, Bookish, Bespectacled Olympia Is Supposed To Marry A Gorgeous Rake Of A Duke. The Ton Is Flabbergasted. Her Family’s Ecstatic. And Olympia? She’s Climbing Out Of A Window, Bent On A Getaway. But Tall, Dark, And Exasperating Ripley Is Hot On Her Trail, Determined To Bring Her Back To His Friend. For Once, The World-famous Hellion Is Trying To Do The Honorable Thing. So Why Does Olympia Have To Make It So Deliciously Difficult For Him . . . ? Not all dukes are created equal. Most are upstanding members of Society. And then there's the trio known as Their Dis-Graces. Hugh Philemon Ancaster, seventh Duke of Ripley, will never win prizes for virtue. But even he draws the line at running off with his best friend's bride. All he's trying to do is recapture the slightly inebriated Lady Olympia Hightower and return her to her intended bridegroom. For reasons that elude her, bookish, bespectacled Olympia is supposed to marry a gorgeous rake of a duke. The town is flabbergasted. Her family's ecstatic. And Olympia? She's climbing out of a window, bent on a getaway. But tall, dark, and exasperating Ripley is hot on her trail, determined to bring her back to his friend. For once, the world-famous hellion is trying to do the honorable thing. So why does Olympia have to make it so deliciously difficult for him ...? Not all dukes are created equal. Most are upstanding members of Society. And then there's the trio known as Their Dis-Graces. Hugh Philemon Ancaster, seventh Duke of Ripley, will never win prizes for virtue. But even he draws the line at running off with his best friend's bride. All he's trying to do is recapture the slightly inebriated Lady Olympia Hightower and return her to her intended bridegroom. For reasons that elude her, bookish, bespectacled Olympia is supposed to marry a gorgeous rake of a duke. The town is flabbergasted. Her family's ecstatic. And Olympia? She's climbing out of a window, bent on a getaway. But tall, dark, and exasperating Ripley is hot on her trail, determined to bring her back to his friend. For once, the world-famous hellion is trying to do the honourable thing. So why does Olympia have to make it so deliciously difficult for him? Kara and Taff know that only Grace Stone has the power to reverse her Last Spell on their father, and that in order to save him, they have to rescue their foe from the Well of Witches first. Forgiving Grace should be the hardest part of their journey, but soon the children are confronted by creatures called the Faceless, mysteries as old as magic, and an ancient secret that threatens their very lives. Back in the World, a war against magic is brewing that endangers everyone they care about. Can Kara and Taff find Grace and make it back to their father in time?