Madeline Hunter┬аis a┬аNew York Times┬аbestselling author with more than six million copies of her books in print. She has twenty-nine nationally bestselling historical romances in print, including most recently, The Most Dangerous Duke in London,┬аThe Wicked Duke,┬аTall, Dark, and Wicked,┬аHis Wicked Reputation, and┬аThe Accidental Duchess. A member of RWAтАЩs Honor Roll, she has won the RITA Award twice and been a finalist seven times. Her books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the┬аNew York Times,┬аUSA Today, and┬аPublishers Weekly, and have been translated into thirteen languages. She has a PhD in art history, which she has taught at the university level.