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    The Accidental Duchess
    The Accidental Duchess
    littleLo
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    • Reads
      Reads 2,662,706
      2,662,7062.6M
    • Votes
      Votes 92,577
      92,57792.5K
    • Parts
      Parts 24
      2424
    • Time
      Time 4h 45m
      4 hours, 45 minutes4h 45m
    littleLo
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    Complete, First published Nov 16, 2013
    When the arrogant stranger Bess is forced to marry unexpectedly becomes a duke, she'll find herself at odds with her growing feelings as he hunts for a killer.
        
                                                                              *****
        
        Sharp-tongued Elizabeth 'Bess' Jones is perfectly content living on her lonesome in a tiny village south of Derbyshire. She works as a nurse, owns a small home, and finds the label of 'spinster' an agreeable trade for her independence. But when her entire life is uprooted in an instant, she only has one person to blame: her new husband, Emmett Wilde, who was caught in a compromising situation with her. And now, despite his promise to fake a death certificate after their wedding--to free her of any duty to him or their marriage bed--he sends for her in the dead of night with startling news: his father has been murdered, and he is now the Duke of Ascot with a wife he can no longer deny...
        
        [[Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words]]
        [[Cover designed by Ren Tachibana]]
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    Table of contents
    • Welcome!
      Wed, Feb 5, 2020
    • Chapter 1
      Fri, Sep 4, 2015
    • Chapter 2
      Fri, Sep 4, 2015
    • Chapter 3
      Fri, Sep 4, 2015
    • Chapter 4
      Fri, Sep 4, 2015
    • Chapter 5
      Fri, Sep 4, 2015Locked
    • Chapter 6
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    • Chapter 7
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    • Chapter 8
      Fri, Sep 4, 2015Locked
    • Chapter 9
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    • Chapter 10
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    • Chapter 11
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    • Chapter 12
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    • Chapter 13
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    • Chapter 14
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    • Chapter 15
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    • Chapter 16
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    • Chapter 17
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    • Chapter 18
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    • Chapter 19
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    • Chapter 20
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    • Chapter 21
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    • Chapter 22
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    • Epilogue
      Fri, Sep 4, 2015Locked

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    When the arrogant stranger Bess is forced to marry unexpectedly becomes a duke, she'll find herself at odds with her growing feelings as he hunts for a killer.
        
                                                                              *****
        
        Sharp-tongued Elizabeth 'Bess' Jones is perfectly content living on her lonesome in a tiny village south of Derbyshire. She works as a nurse, owns a small home, and finds the label of 'spinster' an agreeable trade for her independence. But when her entire life is uprooted in an instant, she only has one person to blame: her new husband, Emmett Wilde, who was caught in a compromising situation with her. And now, despite his promise to fake a death certificate after their wedding--to free her of any duty to him or their marriage bed--he sends for her in the dead of night with startling news: his father has been murdered, and he is now the Duke of Ascot with a wife he can no longer deny...
        
        [[Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words]]
        [[Cover designed by Ren Tachibana]]

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    • Chapter 22
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    • Epilogue
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