The Duke Undone

Lucy Coover is a painting student at the Royal Academy. When walking home one night late at night, she stumbles upon a naked man.....a very fine looking naked man. Never having seen a man unclothed before, she is intrigued, but she ends up covering his body with her shawl, getting help and going home. Lucy is not able to get this man's body out of her mind so she ends up painting a picture of his naked torso in very fine detail. When Lucy and her aunt end up needing money for rent, she ends up selling her painting to a woman of the ton. Five months later Anthony Philby, the Duke of Weston is shocked when Perry Forbes confronts him with a picture his wife bought of him naked! Weston is suppose to be keeping out of trouble until he turns thirty and gets his inheritance so he is determined to find out who painted this picture of him. When Weston meets Lucy he is captivated. Too bad Lucy wants nothing to do with him. When Weston realizes that Lucy could use his help regarding her home being demolished, they spark a bargain. Of course the more time these two spend together, they more feelings they start to have for each other until they realize that they are meant for each other. Too bad someone else has a different plan and blackmails Weston. Just when it looks like these two lovers will never be together, a huge discovery is made and they can finally have their happy ending. I really enjoyed this story. Lucy was such a fun, spirited girl. It was fun seeing the things she would do that really was usually frowned upon by most people. Overall, this was an enjoyable story with interesting characters.