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The Duke’s Sharpshooter

Book 14: The Duke's Guard Series

About the Book

“Their need to protect and defend seems to be synonymous with love and nurture in the minds of those valiant men.”

C.H. Admirand’s fan-favorite series, The Duke’s Guard, continues with Book 14 ~ The Duke’s Sharpshooter.

This Regency Romance features your new Book Boyfriend Rory Flaherty and widowed Temperance Johnson. Readers will fall in love with the auburn-haired, blue-eyed, handsome-as-sin Irishman as he falls first…for Temperance’s four-year-old daughter Maddy!

The Duke’s Guard: The men in black who have sworn an oath to protect the Duke of Wyndmere and his family from those who would stop at nothing to destroy him!

Marriage is the farthest thing from Flaherty’s mind…

On a rain-soaked morning, patrolling from Wyndmere Hall to the Village, a shadow shifts at the base of an oak by the graveyard. Ready to defend, or chase down a vagrant, Flaherty is shocked to discover an exhausted widow shielding her four-year-old daughter from the rain. In that moment his life irrevocably changes.

Exhaustion has Temperance pausing to rest near the church…

The deep rumble and harsh tone of the huge man garbed in black has her springing to her feet, poised to run. His order to stop in the name of the duke, has her glancing over her shoulder into eyes the color of a springtime sky. The irresistible promise of tea and cake for her daughter tempts her to tentatively trust him.

Danger stalks in the night, but it will have to get past The Duke’s Sharpshooter before he will let harm come to those he has sworn to protect with his strength, his honor, and his heart.

Your Favorite Tropes (and C.H.’s):

  • Hero to the Rescue
  • Widowed Feisty Heroine
  • Hardheaded Hero
  • He Falls First (for her four-year-old daughter!)
  • Instant Family
  • Forced Proximity
  • Marriage of Convenience
  • Happily Ever After

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Reviews

What Reviewers Are Saying… 

“Temperance’s daughter Maddy is such an adorable little girl that it is not only Rory Flaherty who falls for her but the whole Duke’s household (and the reader too),” BookBub 5 Star Review

“She [C.H.] always addresses some of life’s difficulties in her books and leaves you with a good understanding of the struggles of others,” BookBub 5 Star Review

“This was such a cozy book,” BookBub 5 Star Review

“The Epilogue is so very precious and I love that about this author. She gives a view into the future with her characters.” BookBub 5 Star Review

“A marvellous series with fabulous characters and plenty of action,” BookBub 5 Star Review

“The unconditional love between Just Flaherty and Maddy made me laugh at times and yet it also made tears form at other times,” BookBub 5 Star Review

“The intensely emotional proposal scene gave me goosebumps,” BookBub 5 Star Review

“I highly recommend this to readers of historical romance,” BookBub 4 Star Review.

 

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The Details

Published: September 23, 2025
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Pages: 200
Formats: EbookPaperback
ISBN-10: 1969349115ISBN-13: 978-1969349119ASIN: B0FMHQZRLG
Genres & Tropes
Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Hero to the Rescue, Widowed Feisty Heroine, Hardheaded Hero, He Falls First (for her four-year-old daughter!), Instant Family, Forced Proximity, Marriage of Convenience, Happily Ever After