How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne

She had convinced him that he was a brute because of his looks and she had encouraged him to play the part. The wildcat in the jungle left scars on his face, but his wildcat of a fiancée left scars on his psyche. Just as Alexandra suffered trauma, Redmayne had also suffered at the hands of his fiancée. She is just as much of a victim to her past trauma as ever before.Īnd yet, in order to save her friend from an unwanted marriage and desperately in need of funds herself, Alexandra offers herself in marriage to Redmayne…and he cannot resist her. Their meeting could not be more incongruous: She is covered in mud and rain and huddled in a corner of a railway platform, shrinking in fear from the big man, who is so appreciative of her help and concerned for her wellbeing that he is running his hands over her to check for broken bones and wounds.Īnd Alexandra realizes, to her sorrow, that her fear of men, that she thought she had managed and disguised from revealing to others and sometimes even hidden from herself for ten years, is still ever present in her psyche. She she runs into the selfsame duke while saving his horse from bolting and causing mayhem in a storm. Our story begins when Alexandra is on her way to the castle where one of her two closest friends is getting engaged to Redmayne due to a longstanding arrangement since their childhood. When Redmayne returns home, he is deeply angered by her. Presuming him dead, his faithless fiancée promptly marries his cousin who is his heir. It is during one such trip that he is gored by a wildcat and is unable to return home as promised.

However, he is also blessed with itchy feet and loves to travel. He is also a wealthy man of intellect, who carries his responsibilities to his title with sincerity and dedication. The Duke of Redmayne is a man of great strength and physical presence. By dint of superhuman effort, Alexandra rises above her trauma to get a doctorate - a rare achievement in Victorian England - and successfully travels to excavation sites at far reaches of the globe.

Her friends harbor secrets of their own, and they promise to watch out for each other forever. Her two closest friends close ranks around her and help her keep her secrets. Despite her horrific experience, she retains enough presence of mind to kill her rapist to prevent further depredations. (Lady) Alexandra Lane is the daughter of an imprudent and impoverished earl, who is brutally raped at her finishing school in Switzerland.

How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne