by Tessa Dare
Love by Numbers
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord
Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart
Young Adult
The Season
Also by Sophie Jordan
The Derrings series
Once Upon a Wedding Night
Too Wicked to Tame
One Night with You
Surrender to Me
The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls series
Sins of a Wicked Duke
In Scandal They Wed
Wicked Nights with a Lover
The Forgotten Princesses series
Wicked in Your Arms
Lessons from a Scandalous Bride
The Earl in My Bed
How to Lose a Bride in One Night
The Debutante Files series
A Good Debutante’s Guide to Ruin
An Heiress for All Seasons (novella)
All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue
The Rogue Files series
While the Duke Was Sleeping
The Scandal of It All
The Duke Buys a Bride
This Scot of Mine
Also by Joanna Shupe
The Four Hundred series
A Daring Arrangement
A Scandalous Deal
A Notorious Vow
The Knickerbocker Club series
Tycoon
Magnate
Baron
Mogul
Wicked Deceptions series
The Courtesan Duchess
The Harlot Countess
The Lady Hellion
Novellas
Miracle on Ladies’ Mile
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Originally published as How the Dukes Stole Christmas in the United States in 2018 by Rakes, Rogues & Scoundrels, LLC.
“Meet Me in Mayfair” copyright © 2018 by Eve Ortega.
“The Duke of Christmas Present” copyright © 2018 by Sarah Trabucchi.
“Heiress Alone” copyright © 2018 by Sharie Kohler.
“Christmas in Central Park” copyright © 2018 by Joanna Rotondo.
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