When The Duchess Said Yes by Isabella Bradford
When the Duchess Said Yes by Isabella Bradford Series: The Wylder Sisters series Book #2
on February 20, 2026
Genres: Fiction / Historical / General, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Women, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency
Pages: 330
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The second in Isabella Bradford's irresistibly charming and passionate series of the irrepressible Wylder sisters.
Notorious for her free-spirited antics, Lady Elizabeth Wylder revels in attention - but not the sort that leaves her humiliated when her future husband, the Duke of Hawkesworth, fails to appear for their first introduction. So when a chance encounter leads to a sizzling kiss with a handsome stranger, she nearly succumbs. The shock of finally meeting her betrothed only to come face to face with her rakish would-be seducer inspires fury - and fans the flames of a fire that both Lizzie and the Duke acknowledge is a most agreeable way to start a marriage. But is the passion that accompanies endless nights of erotic discovery enough to persuade a duke whose scandalous lineage and lifestyle prevent him from giving his heart completely?
Meet the other Wylder Sisters in Books One and Three in the series, When You Wish Upon A Duke, and When The Duke Found Love. And check out Isabella's Breconridge Brothers series for more exquisite historical romance.
When the Duchess Said Yes is book two in The Wylder Sisters series by Isabella Bradford. I am enjoying this series. Checking each book out from my local library, I feel like I have discovered a treasure in Bradford’s writing. This story is about the second daughter of the Wylder clan – Elizabeth or Lizzie. It can be read as a stand-alone very easily. Betrothed to the Duke of Hawkesworth, Lizzie is taken to London to meet him. When she encounters a handsome stranger at a masquerade at Ranelagh gardens one night, sparks fly. Can her betrothed make her heart race like the stranger? What if she doesn’t feel drawn to him when they finally meet? I thought that the plot was very well thought out. There are twists and turns that I didn’t expect. Bradford layers her characters and then peels back the veneer to reveal a touchable, relatable person. Definitely a wonderful book to read.
