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With her betrothed’s death granting freedom, Althea targets the newly titled Duke of Morningwood while Sebastian struggles with being overworked and unexpectedly destined to inherit. A confined bathing machine, frantic secrecy, and mounting seaside tension turn a simple swim into scandalous, laugh-out-loud romance.","THE YELLOW POLKA-DOTTED BATHING COSTUME  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCAROLINE LEE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \n1. About this Book  \n2. Chapter One  \n3. Chapter Two  \n4. Chapter Three  \n5. Chapter Four  \n6. Chapter Five  \n7. Epilogue  \n8. AUTHOR’S NOTE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nABOUT THIS BOOK  \nAS THE YOUNGEST daughter of a duke and the fiancée of an earl, Lady Althea Lindsay knows all about propriety, decorum, and general haughtiness. More specifically, how to ignore them altogether. With her betrothed’s death (no, really, he was a frightful bore), she’s free to make her own choice of a husband…and she has her sights set on the newly minted Duke of Morningwood, the man who stole her heart all those years ago when his title was merely Boy Next Door.  \nSebastian Shaw was never meant to inherit the dukedom. He’sundertrained, overworked, and at his wits’ end. The only good thing about this nonsense is it means he’s finally in a position to offer for the hand of his childhood sweetheart. But Althea isn’t leaving things to chance, and a week at the seashore is about to become scandalous.  \nWARNING: May contain nuts. This novella is laugh-out-loud hilarious, and spicy enough you’re going to need a fan. A basic understanding of 1960s lyrics will also come in handy. You’ve been warned!  \nORIGINALLY PUBLISHED in the Get Your Duke On anthology, 2022  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCHAPTER ONE  \nTHE FIRST TIME I’ve seen Sebastian Shaw in two bloody years, and it’s the worst possible moment.  \nWell, to be fair, there could be worse possible moments. She could’ve been caught investigating a nostril. Or crawling beneath a bed to fetch a missing slipper, buttocks a-waving. Or learning to play the tuba.  \nAll things considered, stepping out of a bathing machine at Brighton to see him chatting amicably in knee-deep water with one’s older brother was likely only twenty-seventh or twenty-eighth on the list of “Worst Possible Ways To Reconnect With One’s Childhood Sweetheart”.  \nStill. Lady Althea Lindsay was not about to allow Fate to Throw Them Together this way. Not now. Not since Lickering’s death. Not since her plans.  \nSo she did what any sensible young miss would do; she stepped smartly backwards—onto Millicent’s toes—and slammed the door right back again. Pressing her forehead against the rough wood, she cursed her rotten luck.  \nOf all the moments, all the days, all the house parties, all the beaches…he had to be here and now? While she was wearing this?  \n“Excuse me,” Millicent huffed sharply.“What is going on?”  \n“Shhh!” Althea whirled about and fixed a dark glare on her companion, although since the only light entering the small mobile building came from holes cut high in the walls, it was difficult to say if she was even aiming in the correct direction.“Keep your voice down!”  \nMillicent was her best friend, and for that reason, managed to actually raise her voice when she teasingly called,“What? Why?”  \n“Shhhh!” This time Althea reached out, and after only a few awkward gropes, managed to latch onto her friend.“I mean it. Hush, please?”  \nIn a strained tone, her best friend hissed,“Why? Also, kindly shift your grip. That’s my left breast.”  \n“Oh, pardon me. I thought it was your elbow.”  \nAlthea dropped her hold altogether, then sidled through the darkness to stand beside her friend, ready to wrap her arm around Millicent and stuff her own bathing cap in her mouth if she made any indication of making their presence known.  \nBut Millicent seemed to understand this was serious. In a whisper she asked, “Thea, why are we hushing, exactly? All I know is you stepped outside to swim, then locked us in here again!”  \n“Yes, and if I’m very lucky, no one noticed.”  \n“But why? It is a gorgeous day out there, and in here it’s dank and musty and I’m almost certain something just crawled across my foot. I think it was a spider. 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