Search - The Hazards of Hunting a Duke (Desperate Debutantes)

I think this is one of her best. It's a great read and you won't be able to put it down.

Book One of the series!! Good but predictable!

Julie London introduces a sexy, wildly romantic and emotionally charged new trilogy in which three aristocratic young ladies, upon discovering they are destitute, resort to desperate means to keep up appearances...and find the husbands of their dreams.
This is the first of the new series. Ava, the eldest, is swept into a whirlwind romance and marriage; but discovers her husband has ulterior motives of his own. Marriages of convenience workfor some, but for Ava a loveless bond won't do. So she devises a bold plan to confront her husband's demons so that he might be free to choose to give her his heart for the right reason; because she in the ONLY woman he will ever truly desire.

I couldn't put it down!!! This was a great read. It really pulls on all your emotional strings. If you like historical romances, you will love this book!

After their mother's untimely death, Ava Fairchild, her sister Phoebe, and their cousin Greer discover their family's fortune is now under the control of their penny-pinching stepfather, Lord Downey. To avoid Downey's plan to marry them off to the first suitors who show up, Ava decides to find her own husband. Fortunately, Ava has already met the perfect candidate: Jared Broderick, the Marquis of Middleton. Tired of being pressed by his father to abandon his rakish ways and marry a respectable woman, Jared realizes that marrying Ava offers the perfect solution to his problems. What Jared gets, however, is a wife who isn't about to accept a mere marriage of convenience but rather a woman who will settle for nothing less than a marriage based on love. The first in a new series by the exceptionally entertaining London, this romance is another of her delectable combinations of superbly crafted characters, graceful writing, and sinfully sexy romance.

Lots of fun, good tension between characters.

Very good book, really like Ava, though could have smacked Jared a few times

GREAT!!!

Great story by London - I'm looking forward to the next book in this trilogy.
Spine is torn at the bottom and back cover has a diagonal crease.

When the young ladies of the Fairchild family learn that their stepfather has absconded with their late mother's fortune, Ava, the eldest, hunts down the notoriously wealthy rakehell Jared Broderick, the Marquis of Middleton and heir to a dukedom. Much to her shock and delight, the marquis sweeps her into a whirlwind romance and proposes marriage. But after their passionate wedding night, Ava discovers Jared has ulterior motives of his own. Not only does he expect her to deliver an heir while he continues to enjoy a rogue's life, but Ava also suspects she is a pawn in her husband's quest for revenge. Marriages of convenience work for some, but for Ava a loveless bond won't do. So she devises a bold plan to confront her husband's demons so that he might be free to choose to give her his heart for the right reason: because she is the only woman he will every truly desire.

Good book ! Quick read. Will be interesting to read the ones about her sisters, too !

I throughly enjoyed this book, did not want to put it down.

pretty good-worth a read but not the best I've read

Pleasure to read.

1st in a new trilogy. What ends will 3 young ladies go to when they discover they are destitute

Wonderful first book in a new trilogy by Julia London!