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  Love by Numbers

  Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

  Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord

  Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart

  Young Adult

  The Season

  Also by Sophie Jordan

  The Derrings series

  Once Upon a Wedding Night

  Too Wicked to Tame

  One Night with You

  Surrender to Me

  The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls series

  Sins of a Wicked Duke

  In Scandal They Wed

  Wicked Nights with a Lover

  The Forgotten Princesses series

  Wicked in Your Arms

  Lessons from a Scandalous Bride

  The Earl in My Bed

  How to Lose a Bride in One Night

  The Debutante Files series

  A Good Debutante’s Guide to Ruin

  An Heiress for All Seasons (novella)

  All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue

  The Rogue Files series

  While the Duke Was Sleeping

  The Scandal of It All

  The Duke Buys a Bride

  This Scot of Mine

  Also by Joanna Shupe

  The Four Hundred series

  A Daring Arrangement

  A Scandalous Deal

  A Notorious Vow

  The Knickerbocker Club series

  Tycoon

  Magnate

  Baron

  Mogul

  Wicked Deceptions series

  The Courtesan Duchess

  The Harlot Countess

  The Lady Hellion

  Novellas

  Miracle on Ladies’ Mile

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  Originally published as How the Dukes Stole Christmas in the United States in 2018 by Rakes, Rogues & Scoundrels, LLC.

  “Meet Me in Mayfair” copyright © 2018 by Eve Ortega.

  “The Duke of Christmas Present” copyright © 2018 by Sarah Trabucchi.

  “Heiress Alone” copyright © 2018 by Sharie Kohler.

  “Christmas in Central Park” copyright © 2018 by Joanna Rotondo.

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  Digital Edition OCTOBER 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-296242-3

  Print Edition ISBN: 978-0-06-296241-6

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