A Dance with the Wayward Duke (Wayward Dukes’ Alliance #43)

In postwar Brighton, celebrated ballerina Marguerite d’Ailes is finished with uncertainty. She wants the warmth of Naples and the promise of a future in a court that values talent, not birth.

When she learns that Britain’s new ambassador is a notorious member of the Wayward Dukes Alliance, famous for refusing marriage, she decides he will be perfect.

Not as a lover. As her passage south.

But Tristan Blackmere, Duke of Stormhaven, is no polished diplomat. A legendary naval commander known as the Sea Wolf, he has survived by cutting away everything superfluous.

When he sees Marguerite, instinct takes over. She is a prize. And prizes are meant to be taken.

Bound together on the open sea, their bargain traps them in close quarters and closer temptation. Each night draws them closer.

Each day sharpens the clash between what they want—and what they refuse to surrender.

Because the ocean strips everything bare. But some desires cannot be cut away.