The Duke's Protector

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>London's most sought-after modiste's shop has been broken into...but only Lady Aurelia's gowns have been destroyed...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>A formidable foe resurfaces as vile and vicious slander spread through the ton. The target-Earl Lippincott and Lady Aurelia...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sean O'Malley head of The Duke's Guard at Lippincott Manor in Sussex is sent to London to investigate the latest attack on the Duke of Wyndmere's family. Accustomed to putting himself in between danger and those he vowed to protect O'Malley has been shot at earned cracked and broken ribs cuts and bruises. It is part of the job. When he rescues the modiste's petite seamstress-a beauty with blue-black hair and eyes the color of melted chocolate he is awed by her bravery and spirit and unable to forget her smile.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mignonette de Chauret loves working for Madame and is temporarily living in the back room of her shop. Her nightmare returns when the shop is broken into--again forcing her to hide in the false bottom of an old wardrobe. A blond-haired green-eyed giant of a man dressed in black from head to toe pulls her free. Mignonette is drawn to the handsome Irishman and feels safe in the shelter of his arms.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As O'Malley lays the groundwork to expose the culprit bent on destroying Earl Lippincott and Lady Aurelia he is attacked outside the duke's town house. His arm flayed open to the bone the threat of infection and the reality he may lose his arm changes everything in a heartbeat. His vow to protect and provide for the lass who has stolen his heart has him asking the duke for a favor...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Mignonette must make a choice: Follow her heart and the Irishman who holds it in his hands or help him heal and return to her life working for Madame.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>The Duke's Guard</u></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 1 - The Duke's Sword</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 2 - The Duke's Protector</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 3 - The Duke's Shield</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 4 - The Duke's Dragoon</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 5 - The Duke's Hammer</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 6 - The Duke's Defender</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 7 - The Duke's Saber</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 8 - The Duke's Enforcer</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 9 - The Duke's Mercenary</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 10 - The Duke's Rapier</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 11 - The Duke's Man-at-Arms</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 12 - The Duke's Lance</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 13 - The Duke's Champion</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 14 - The Duke's Sharpshooter</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 15 - The Duke's Cavalier</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 16 - The Duke's Blade</span></p>