Duke, Actually

USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday follows A Princess for Christmas with another delightful contemporary Christmas romance, set in the heart of New York City, about a playboy baron and a woman who has said goodbye to love.[A] master of witty banter.Entertainment WeeklyTheres a royal wedding on, and things are about to get interesting.Meet the man of honorMaximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, is not having a merry Christmas. Hes been dumped by a princess, hes unemployed, and his domineering father has sent him to New York to meet a prospective bride he has no interest in. In the city, he meets Dani Martinez, a smart (and gorgeous) professor hes determined to befriend before their best friends marry in the Eldovian wedding of the century.Meet the best womanNewly single, no-nonsense New Yorker Dani is done with loveshe even has a list entitled Things I Will Never Again Do for a Manwhich is why she hits it off with notorious rake Max. Hes the perfect partner for snow angels in Central Park and deep conversations about the futility of love.Its all fun and games until their friendship deepens into attraction and, oopsFalling in love was never part of the plan.