He thinks, because of his incredible shyness, that he would not be able to find a love match like Spencer, and concentrates on what he thinks will make a good duchess and mother. After learning to manage the estates and his homes, with the help of Spencer and Tessa, he is aware he has a duty to marry and continue the line, and has a specific idea of what he wants. His brother was murdered by cutthroats while he was in the army and he left the field to become the new Duke. He was the shy friend from Eton, to Spencer, from book 1. This is the story of Adalyn and Everett, the new Duke of Camden. I was glad to see that Adalyn was the heroine of the story I liked the relationship between the cousins in the first book.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley and this is my freely given opinion. Will Ev convince Addie that she is everything he wants-and didn’t know he needed?įind the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s Debating with the Duke, the second book in Second Sons of London.Įach book in Second Sons of London is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. When she agrees to find a stodgy duke a bride who is dignified and unapproachable, Adalyn has no idea what she’s in for-especially after the dull duke kisses her-and she finds he’s not quite what he seems.

Her cousin, Tessa, has made a love match and has a new baby, causing Adalyn to rethink her stance on marriage. Lady Adalyn Porter is not easily intimidated and is a leader in Polite Society, occasionally matching couples together. The shy duke meets a matchmaking beauty of the ton who, while unsuited to be his duchess, promises to help Ev find an appropriate woman to become his wife. Major Everett Wayland is stunned when his brother is murdered, making Ev the Duke of Camden.

A kiss that should be wrong but is more than right. An opinionated beauty with no interest in marriage. Welcome to Second Sons of London, a new Regency Historical Romance series by USA Today Bestselling author Alexa Aston, where seven men who are second sons lay claim to fabulous wealth and lofty titles and fulfill their destinies when they find their soulmates.Ī serious duke who has been shattered by war. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military-unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down.

Debating with the Duke by Alexa Aston