He seeks a typical ton marriage, where his wife will provide him with an heir and possibly other children and then they go their separate ways. When Major Spencer Haddock’s father dies, he returns to England as the Earl of Middlefield. A chance meeting in the street that leads to love. A selfless beauty ready to start living for herself. A dutiful army officer who shuns intimacy. Welcome to Second Sons of London, a new Regency Historical Romance series by USA Today Bestselling author Alexa Aston, where seven men who are second sons lay claim to fabulous wealth and lofty titles and fulfill their destinies when they find their soulmates. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military-unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down. Each book in Second Sons of London is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.First sons inherit all. Will Ev convince Addie that she is everything he wants-and didnt know he needed? Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Astons Debating with the Duke, the second book in Second Sons of London. When she agrees to find a stodgy duke a bride who is dignified and unapproachable, Adalyn has no idea what shes in for-especially after the dull duke kisses her-and she finds hes not quite what he seems. Her cousin, Tessa, has made a love match and has a new baby, causing Adalyn to rethink her stance on marriage. Lady Adalyn Goulding is not easily intimidated and is a leader in Polite Society, occasionally matching couples together. The shy duke meets a matchmaking beauty of the ton who, while unsuited to be his duchess, promises to help Ev find an appropriate woman to be his wife. Major Everett Wayland is stunned when his brother is murdered, making Ev the Duke of Camden. A kiss that should be wrong but is more than right.

An opinionated beauty with no interest in marriage. A serious duke who has been shattered by war.

Debating with the Duke by Alexa Aston