Once upon a time in Mayfair a group of wallflowers formed
a secret society with goals that had absolutely nothing to do with matrimony.
Their most troublesome obstacle? Rogues! 

 

They call her Beastly Beatrice. 


Wallflower Lady Beatrice Bentley longs to remain in the wilds of
Cornwall to complete her etymological dictionary. Too bad her brother’s Gothic
mansion is under renovation. How can she work with an annoyingly arrogant and
too-handsome rogue swinging a hammer nearby?


Rogue. Scoundrel. Call him anything you like as long as
you pay him.


 Navy man Stamford Wright is leaving England soon and renovating
Thornhill House is just a job. It’s not about the duke’s bookish sister or her
fiery copper hair. Or the etymology lessons the prim-yet-alluring lady insists
on giving him. Or the forbidden things he'd love to teach her.


They say never mix business with pleasure. But when Beatrice and
Ford aren't arguing, they're kissing. 


Sometimes temptation proves too strong to resist…even if the
cost is a heart.

Praise for What a Difference a Duke Makes: “In the first entry in her new School for Dukes series, Bell reimagines the story of Mary Poppins for the Regency era, with delightful results that go beyond the typical fairy tale [...] A supercalifragilisticexpialidocious start to a new Regency series.”