After Dark with the Duke, Julie Anne Long
After Dark with the Duke, Julie Anne Long
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After Dark with the Duke
The Palace of Rogues

Author: Julie Anne Long

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/30/2021


Synopsis

Sparks fly when a daring diva clashes with an ice-cold war hero in the newest thrilling romance in USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s Palace of Rogues series.

She arrives in the dead of night, a mob out for blood at her heels: Mariana Wylde, the “Harlot of Haywood Street,” an opera diva brought low by a duel fought for her favors. But the ladies of the Grand Palace on the Thames think they can make a silk purse from scandal: They’ll restore her reputation and share in her triumph...provided they can keep her apart from that other guest.  
Coldly brilliant, fiercely honorable, General James Duncan Blackmore, the Duke of Valkirk, is revered, feared, desired...but nobody truly knows him. Until a clash with a fiery, vulnerable beauty who stands for everything he scorns lays him bare. It’s too clear the only cure for consuming desire is conquest, but their only chance at happiness could lead to their destruction.
The legendary duke never dreamed love would be his last battleground. Valkirk would lay down his life for Mariana, but his choice is stark: risk losing her forever, or do the one thing he vowed he never would...surrender.

About Julie Anne Long

USA Today bestselling author and Rita® Award winner Julie Anne Long’s books have been translated into eighteen languages, nominated for numerous awards, and have appeared on dozens of “Best of” lists. NPR named her Pennyroyal Green series as one of the Top 100 romance series of all time. She currently lives in Northern California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by WhiskeyintheJar on November 26, 2021

3.5 stars I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Through her slitted curtains, she’d looked down into upraised fists and furious, snarling faces shaping the word over and over: harlot harlot harlot. A......more

Goodreads review by Princess under cover on July 21, 2021

Hallelujah!! Julie Anne Long is BACK! I admit I have been worried. She has always been one of my fave HR authors, top 3 for sure! Right up there with Lisa Kleypas and Elizabeth Hoyt (when they were still burning bright, TBD recently). When JAL started this series, I wasn't terribly keen. I didn't even......more

Goodreads review by Chloe on March 30, 2022

Happy Pub Day to AFTER DARK WITH THE DUKE! Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the advance review copy; all opinions are my own. It's no secret that I love Julie Anne Long's writing, especially her Pennyroyal Green Series, but AFTER DARK WITH THE DUKE has just moved up as one of my all-time favorites......more

Goodreads review by b.andherbooks on March 08, 2024

Mariana Wylde, an opera diva newly branded the “Harlot of Haywood Street” finds shelter at the Grand Palace on the Thames when she finds herself out of funds and options after two rival beaus duel over her. She finds the rules of the Grand Palace delightful, and is grateful to find a soft place to l......more