![Cover for _A Duke Makes a Deal_, shows a slender blonde white woman, wearing a vivid royal blue period gown with a deep square neckline and very short cap sleeves, standing in a room (probably a library) illuminated by a many-armed candelabra with all its candles lit, as well as by the diffuse light coming in from a window farther in the back of the room. On the same table as the candelabra, there's a wooden box, open to reveal neat rows of colorful playing tokens (also known as casino chips)](https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cover-for-a-duke-makes-a-deal.png?w=255)
I love the blue of the cover, and was intrigued by the blurb, so I requested an ARC, without knowing anything else about the author.
Beware: acute social anxiety; gambling addiction; kink shaming; instalust; dominance play; evil other woman; explicit vanilla sex.
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