Always Be My Duchess

Closed, opens tomorrow 10amIndependent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Swoon City when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A Cosmopolitan Best Romance of 2022 Pretty Woman meets the Bridgertons in this witty, vivacious historical take on 90s romcoms by USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard. Lord Lysander Blackstone, the stern Duke of Montcroix, has only one interest: increasing his considerable fortune. After a series of betrayals, he keeps his emotions buried deep. Money, after all, can't break a man's heart—or make promises it can’t keep. But when his reputation for being heartless jeopardizes a new business