Page 38 of A Virgin for the Duke of Ash (Ton's Wolves #2)

The Dowager Countess of Wellington was well-known for her house parties—and the many love matches that resulted from them. Her last house party had resulted in the marriage of her grandson, the Duke of Blackthorn, to Lady Alice Barkley, the eldest daughter of the Marquess of Brandon. It had also set the stage for the marriage of her youngest grandchild, Lady Evelyn Fitzroy, to the Duke of Ashton.

Thus, when the invitations were sent out two weeks prior to the date of her next house party in the country estate of the Duke of Blackthorn, it whipped the ton into quite a frenzy. After all, there were still two dukes who remained unmarried, although both of them had rather daunting reputations.