The Rose and the Duke — Jillian Eaton

Four roses, pretty and fairAll with different color hairLenora, stern and strict and wiseBridget, quiet, bookish, and shyAnnabel who wants happily afterEloise who will bend to no masterIn their secret garden waitingFor a man to set their heart racing... As the eldest of four sisters, Lenora has always taken life far too seriously. Looking after her brood of wayward siblings like a mother hen, she has disregarded any and all advances from handsome gentlemen. Who has time for courtships when she's busy pulling her sisters out of trees? Until she meets a duke whose smoldering stare is impossible to ignore...A renowned scoundrel, Perth never takes anything seriously. Until he meets the infuriatingly stubborn Lady Lenora Rosewood. Completely impervious to his charms, she presents a unique challenge. And even though stern schoolmarms are decidedly not his type, Perth vows to loosen those too-tight corset strings one way or another…Equal parts romantic, humorous, and tantalizingly passionate, The Rose and the Duke is the first book in a brand new series from best-selling author Jillian Eaton!Ravishing RosewoodsThe Rose and the DukeThe Rose and the ViscountThe Rose and the EarlThe Rose and the Rogue