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11 REASONS WHY LOVE IS STUPID by Locke Wilder — MM Only One Bed Forced Proximity Duke Christmas Romance | Release Blitz
Cover of 11 Reasons Why Love Is Stupid by Locke Wilder, a grumpy-sunshine, only-one-bed MM Christmas duke romance.
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11 REASONS WHY LOVE IS STUPID
by Locke Wilder
Series: The Sterlings #1
Release Date: November 12, 2026
Genre: MM Duke Romance
Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine, hidden identity, meet grumpy not meet cute, Christmas romance, only one bed, opposites attract, British Aristocracy x American, tortured soul x caretakearranged marriage (to someone other than the MCs), closeted hero, remote island fling, Forced Proximity, golden retriever hero, touch starved heroes, hurt/comfort/healing, praise kink, explicit consent
Cover Design: Lori Jackson Design
Photography: Michelle Lancaster
Synopsis

Sky

I was a sucker for love. An even bigger sucker for men who promised forever.

Since I was a boy I’ve wanted two things: kissing books and true love. I’m a senior editor now but every prince turns into a toad. I’ve been cheated on, used, and my engagement crashed and burned on my birthday.

I’ve given up on love, not romance. I never wanted an eavesdropping influencer to ruin my career by posting my rant about how dukes are terrible love interests, overrated British accents, and love being stupid.

Now I’m in an airport covered in an entitled jerk’s coffee—of course he has a snooty English accent—halfway to my exile in the wilds of Canada where no one can hear me if I scream love is stupid.

Becks

As the future Duke of Canterbury, I should decide who I marry, but Father has given me a list of entirely unsuitable women from which I may choose. I need a wife, an heir, a spare.

I’m going to a cottage so isolated it requires a seaplane to reach. I’ll hide, enjoy the solitude, do a cold plunge, and come to terms with giving up men. It’s my duty—no, honor and privilege—to become the man society expects.

There’s one tiny problem.

The man who spilled coffee on my shoes?

He’s here.

In the only bed.

Naked.

And he is stunning.

11 Reasons Why Love Is Stupid is a standalone, wide open door, MM Christmas romance.

Teaser for 11 Reasons Why Love Is Stupid by Locke Wilder, an only-one-bed, forced-proximity MM duke romance. A man's hands grip another man's bare back in an embrace. Quote: "Look at me. Look at me, Becks. Say my name. Say my fucking name while I make you mine."
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Teaser for 11 Reasons Why Love Is Stupid by Locke Wilder, a Christmas MM duke romance with a golden retriever hero. A shirtless man lies back on white sheets. Quote: "This delightful man who surprises me, and makes each day happier, is the Christmas wish I was never smart enough to make."
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About the Author

Locke Wilder writes swoony, addictive MM romances about falling hard, risking everything for epic love, and earning a guaranteed happily-ever-after. As MF Wilder, she writes spicy male/female happily ever afters. Her novels are known for emotional intensity, slow-burn tension that erupts, sharp banter, and chemistry that feels alive on the page. She delights in competent adults who aren't sure about love, magnetic characters who love deeply, and fight like hell to earn their ending.

Her real life carries the same intensity. She has lived in Istanbul, trekked to Everest Base Camp, and swims in cold water on purpose. Her passions—international travel, candle making, kiln glass, obsessive fountain pen shopping—regularly slip into her writing, shaping the worlds her characters inhabit. Locke dreams of writing full time someday… if she ever grows up (unlikely).

Locke Wilder writes romance because love is the greatest adventure.

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It’s grumpy sunshine, only one bed, and a duke who has run out of places to hide, with the door wide open.


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