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Four dukes. Two balls. One prizefight.Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens will never be the same.After England's victory in the Battle of Waterloo, the Prince Regent arranges a series of lavish celebrations at London's notorious Vauxhall Gardens. The royal festivities bring together the rich and the desperate, the criminal and the lordly...and allow four very different dukes to find the love of a lifetime.A proper viscount is kidnapped by a duke of the criminal underworld, only to encounter a mysterious woman from his past. A retired prizefighter, once known as the Duke of the Ring, stakes his reputation on a scrappy young boxer for the sake of a long-lost love. A traveler who inherited a dukedom needs a tightrope dancer's help with a fake engagement that just might turn real. And the buccaneer son of a royal duke goes hunting for a respectable, highborn wife to salvage his scandalous reputation.Let the pleasures begin...