by Emily Rath
Part of Second Sons
First published 2025
Rosalie Harrow has no money and no interest in a husband, but she ends up at a Regency house party where every woman present is competing for the Duke of Norland. By the end of the first evening, three men are paying her attention she never asked for. James, Viscount Finchley, is there to push his brother George, the Duke, toward the altar and to steer his friend Burke away from a disastrous engagement to the formidable Lady Olivia Rutledge. Burke wants out. Lieutenant Renley wants something he cannot name. Together the three men build an elaborate scheme to free Burke before he can say his vows. But old secrets surface as George's wedding approaches, and suddenly each man has more at stake than a friend's freedom. Rosalie does not wait to be rescued. She sets out to pull Burke from his trap, to quiet whatever is tormenting Renley, and to make James stop getting in his own way. The men, for their part, will do nearly anything to win her. Rosalie looks at all three and asks herself a simple question: why should she have to choose?
Genres: romance, adult, adult-fiction, historical-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: character-driven, emotional, playful, romantic, witty
Tropes: forced-proximity, friends-to-lovers, reverse-harem, slow-burn, why-choose
Setting: Regency England, Duke of Norland's estate
Period: Regency period
576 pages · Paperback · Kensington