The Bride Bet

#4 Girl Meets Duke

Tessa Dare

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Avon Books
15 December 2025

Series: Girl Meets Duke

How to lose a duke in ten years...without losing your heart.

Once upon a time, two sworn enemies--the bookish daughter of a scholar and the devilish heir to a duke--made a pact: If they were both still single in ten years, they would marry each other.

It was a joke, Nicola thought. A duchess? Her?

But when the Duke of Westleigh returns a decade later, he's serious. He needs an heir, so he's holding her to their marriage bargain--diamond ring, lavish gown, engagement ball, and more. Nothing Nicola says can dissuade him. When she calls him arrogant, he praises her honesty. When she makes social stumbles, he catches her fall. And when she gets exasperated, the duke can't seem to get enough. For reasons she can't fathom, he claims that no other woman will do.

He's betting he can change her mind, with logic and passion.

She's betting she can change his mind, just by being herself.

And as the clock ticks down to a wedding day, neither is counting on losing their heart.

By: Tessa Dare
Imprint: Avon Books
Dimensions: Height: 168mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780062672186
ISBN 10: 0062672185
Series: Girl Meets Duke
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 15 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Tessa Dare is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of more than a dozen historical romances. A librarian by training and a book-lover at heart, Tessa makes her home in Southern California, where she shares a cozy, cluttered bungalow with her husband, their two children, and a pair of cosmic kittens.

Reviews for The Bride Bet (#4 Girl Meets Duke)

A sprawling cast of delightfully eccentric characters adds texture and depth to a captivating love story. Dare continues her splendid, quirky Girl Meets Duke series with wit, heart, and humor. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) for The Wallflower Wager Dare outdoes herself with the scintillating third Girl Meets Duke Regency romance This riveting romance may be Dare's best yet. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) for The Wallflower Wager If historical Regency romances are all the inevitable inheritors of the work of Jane Austen, Dare is undoubtedly the lady's clearest successor when it comes to her wit. --Entertainment Weekly for The Wallflower Wager Sexy, tender, and wickedly funny, Dare's newest offering is a spirited tale with a Beauty-and-the-Beast theme and the perfect launch for her latest series. --Library Journal (starred review)