Unexpected Duke by Sasha Cottman

Unexpected Duke on The Noble Lords Series Book #4
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency
Pages: 240
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A piano tuner’s daughter could never be a duchess.

Lord Kendal Grant is a self-centered egotistical nightmare. He is also a solid gold genius when it comes to his music.
Mercy Wood has no time for bad boy egos, she simply needs to make enough money to pay the rent. Kendal Grant is just another wealthy musician with money to burn. If he wants his piano tuned every day, she will gladly take his coin.

But when Kendal tries to stiff her with his payment, he quickly discovers he has met his match. She is Mercy in name only. She demands an extra payment. Her price a single kiss.
A kiss which when claimed, is scorching and takes them both by surprise. Kendal’s muse is awakened at the touch of a woman far beneath his social status.
With Mercy’s inspiration, Kendal begins to create music which will set him on the path to being one of the greatest composers of all time.
But his wish to make her his wife becomes a near impossibility when an unexpected turn of events places him directly in line to become the next Duke of Banfield.
A piano tuner’s daughter could never be a duchess.

Unexpected Duke is book four in the Noble Lords series book four by Sasha Cottman. I have enjoyed most of these books. A Lord With Wicked Intentions was my very favorite. But this one has a plot that is just too ludicrous to swallow – a man of wealth and title falls in love with a piano tuner/bar singer. I had been looking forward to this character’s story. Part of the magic of historical romance is being swept away into another world for a brief escape. But when that world borders on the implausible, it makes the story impossible to surrender to. I shake my head in disbelief instead of sighing over the heart-pounding romance. Cottman has several explicit sex scenes in the book. Just not my cup of tea. I was given a copy of this book.