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A Duchess Enraged
This novel is the "After Dark” version of Allegra and Adam’s story. It's all about the power struggle these two headstrong characters have with each other. In addition, "A Duchess Enraged" lays out the hottest private – and public – details of Adam's life on the Grand Tour as well as his tempestuous relationship with Lady Manning and his wife. If you like your romance with strong, commanding men and equally strong women along with a few spanks and assorted other "After Dark" pleasures, you're sure to love "A Duchess Enraged."
It's 18th century London, where an Earl loses a vast sum of money to his good friend, a Duke. To settle the debt, the Earl suggests that he marry his fourteen year old daughter to the Duke’s twenty-one year old son. The marriage takes place the next morning. She is terrified, and he is furious. Calling her an ugly dowd, he leaves immediately after the ceremony on the Grand Tour and does not return for four years. When he returns, two adults who have barely met, and don’t even recognize each other must build a marriage. Can these two strong and determined personalities learn to overcome the resentments of the past, and convert the misunderstandings of the present into a passionate love affair on which they can build a life?
* The novel is based on a true story, that of the Earl of March and Lady Sarah Cadogan. The historical details can be found in my blog at AHeyerLove.com.
It's 18th century London, where an Earl loses a vast sum of money to his good friend, a Duke. To settle the debt, the Earl suggests that he marry his fourteen year old daughter to the Duke’s twenty-one year old son. The marriage takes place the next morning. She is terrified, and he is furious. Calling her an ugly dowd, he leaves immediately after the ceremony on the Grand Tour and does not return for four years. When he returns, two adults who have barely met, and don’t even recognize each other must build a marriage. Can these two strong and determined personalities learn to overcome the resentments of the past, and convert the misunderstandings of the present into a passionate love affair on which they can build a life?
* The novel is based on a true story, that of the Earl of March and Lady Sarah Cadogan. The historical details can be found in my blog at AHeyerLove.com.
268 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2014
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July 26, 2024
3 Stars
It was going so well, until it wasn't. Another one bites the dust, ugh. WHY is it such a struggle to find the perfect angsty book? It must be the Goldilocks Effect (our inclination towards finding an optimal point that satisfies our needs or preferences). I really thought I had found a good one with this one, but as usual, it went down in flames. It lost all steam by idk, 60%, I think. Towards the end, I didn't care anymore about these characters. In fact, I didn't even read the last few pages.
FYI: lots of cheating from the hero; it didn't even bother me because he turned out to be TSTL, anyway.
I was endeared to the heroine at first. I thought she was awfully charming. She was definitely not a weak heroine. I was pleasantly surprised to finally (after so long, it feels) find one that wasn't a doormat, that didn't take crap from the H. But at the same time, this also made it harder to feel her angst; she never once gave in to him. She'd act out each time and immediately retaliate. These authors can't seem to get it right anymore 😭, find the "right" balance. It also didn't help that the H never grovelled. This is because they were both too busy trying to one-up each other, by taking revenge on the other at every turn. Honestly, they both acted stupid. In the end, she didn't even call him out on his cheating. Not to defend him, but he did it because she led him to believe she was cuckolding him (she never actually cheated; though she did try). It all came down to lack of communication, pride, and well—stupidity.
It was going so well, until it wasn't. Another one bites the dust, ugh. WHY is it such a struggle to find the perfect angsty book? It must be the Goldilocks Effect (our inclination towards finding an optimal point that satisfies our needs or preferences). I really thought I had found a good one with this one, but as usual, it went down in flames. It lost all steam by idk, 60%, I think. Towards the end, I didn't care anymore about these characters. In fact, I didn't even read the last few pages.
FYI: lots of cheating from the hero; it didn't even bother me because he turned out to be TSTL, anyway.
I was endeared to the heroine at first. I thought she was awfully charming. She was definitely not a weak heroine. I was pleasantly surprised to finally (after so long, it feels) find one that wasn't a doormat, that didn't take crap from the H. But at the same time, this also made it harder to feel her angst; she never once gave in to him. She'd act out each time and immediately retaliate. These authors can't seem to get it right anymore 😭, find the "right" balance. It also didn't help that the H never grovelled. This is because they were both too busy trying to one-up each other, by taking revenge on the other at every turn. Honestly, they both acted stupid. In the end, she didn't even call him out on his cheating. Not to defend him, but he did it because she led him to believe she was cuckolding him (she never actually cheated; though she did try). It all came down to lack of communication, pride, and well—stupidity.
February 6, 2021
This had such promise, but devolved to the point I came close to skimming. The first half was readable, but the hero’s stupidity became too off putting. The most interesting characters... the OM, who is seeking revenge against the hero, and the hero’s very pragmatic sister, I’m off to read that one next.
June 17, 2022
If there were awards for TSTL heroes this book would be legendary
Not bad for cheating trope. The ending and resolution were rushed
Not bad for cheating trope. The ending and resolution were rushed
September 17, 2014
Before I vent, I know this is based on real events...that doesn't make it an entertaining read. Adam and Allegra are both...well, assholes. And while I understand that there really are assholes in the world, I don't want to read about their romantic adventures. Ever. So no.
June 29, 2014
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I was first attracted to reading this book by the fact that according to the blurb it is inspired by real-life events. This is pretty much what it says:
‘The novel is based on actual history, that of the Earl of March and Lady Sarah Cadogan. The Earl of Cadogan married his daughter, Lady Sarah Cadogan, to the Duke of Richmond’s son, the Earl of March, sight unseen, as a way of settling an enormous gambling debt he owed the Duke. They were married the day after the agreement was made, and the infuriated Earl of March departed on his Grand Tour immediately thereafter, not to return for four years.’
According to Wikipedia, the bride was only 13 years old at the time and the groom 18. Obviously arranged marriages were not uncommon, but this seems really sudden and very unfair to both of them. I was pleased to see that the real life couple actually had a happy marriage, as far as can be told from surviving letters. Other snippets of interest are that Lady Sarah shared my birthday, and that her husband, Charles the second Duke of Richmond, is now best remembered for being an important early patron of cricket!
In ‘A Duchess Enraged’ the couple in question are renamed to Allegra and Adam. I think the man who lost the fortune has been changed to be the groom’s father here. Allegra’s father, in lieu of receiving £20,000, offers to have Adam as a son-in-law instead. This has the benefit for the Duke that Adam won’t come back from his Grand Tour with an unsuitable wife in tow. Allegra is extremely frightened at being made to marry and Adam is livid with rage. He finds her unattractive and is completely uninterested in her. The plan is for her to return to her family’s home and await his return from the Grand Tour.
‘Any hopes she had cherished of possibly striking up a friendship with her husband withered away. This marriage, it seemed, was doomed from the start.’
The story then fast forwards four years. Adam’s father has now died, meaning that he is now the Duke. He has a very beautiful mistress, a widow called Lady Lousia Manning, who is hopeful that he will have his unconsummated marriage dissolved and make her his duchess. Adam’s mother has been asking him to go home and take up his life there, and he goes – taking his mistress with him. He sets her up in a house, as was common with a kept woman.
For the first few nights back in London Adam doesn’t go home, but he accompanies Lady Manning to a function. While she gambles at the card table, he wanders about, and a very beautiful lady catches his eye. She is happy to flirt with him, recognising him as her husband. He has no idea who she is, at this point. He finds out the next day, and is hypocritically unhappy about his wife behaving in such a way. She is unhappy that he is openly keeping a mistress. And so sets up the story, with Adam finding Allegra unmanageable and stubborn, Allegra trying to show Adam that he can’t control her while struggling with feelings of attraction towards him, Adam’s mother and sister trying to sort out their differences and other parties trying to cause trouble between them and force them apart.
This book is available in two versions – ‘A Duchess Enraged; An After Dark Version’ which has sex scenes, and ‘A Most Unusual Situation: A Traditional Georgian Romance’, which doesn’t. From the reviews on Amazon UK it seemed as though there wasn’t much in the way of sex scenes so I got the 'after dark' version but to be honest, I think I’d have been better off with the version with none, there were too many scenes for my liking, the style of them wasn't really to my taste, and there is literally a bodice-ripping scene, which I found brutish rather than romantic.
I was hoping for this book to deal with the couple’s unusual situation, and show how they worked through their differences and build a relationship but I didn’t really get that from this book. They just seemed to really lust after each other and that was the main driving force of their relationship. Allegra was a bit childish and naive, but she was still only 18, so that wasn’t too hard to deal with, although she made some tiresomely stupid decisions. I really wasn’t fond of Adam. Firstly, he is a bossy alpha-male type, which isn’t the type of hero I'm fond of, but the real issue was his double standards. Both his wife and his mistress are sex-mad. In his mistress he interprets this as her devotion to him, but in his wife he decides that she is untrustworthy and will very likely be taking lovers left, right and centre. He never applies this logic to his mistress’s likely behaviour, just his wife’s. It was just completely illogical. Both Adam and Allegra are also very gullible.
Some of the secondary characters were interesting, such as Adam's sister Caroline, and a beau of Allegra's, Lord Gresham, but neither of the main protagonists came alive for me here; I felt the characters needed to be fleshed out more. I felt like this was such a missed opportunity, because the bare bones of this story is fascinating and I’d have liked to see the characters come to life, and their relationship grow and develop.
I was first attracted to reading this book by the fact that according to the blurb it is inspired by real-life events. This is pretty much what it says:
‘The novel is based on actual history, that of the Earl of March and Lady Sarah Cadogan. The Earl of Cadogan married his daughter, Lady Sarah Cadogan, to the Duke of Richmond’s son, the Earl of March, sight unseen, as a way of settling an enormous gambling debt he owed the Duke. They were married the day after the agreement was made, and the infuriated Earl of March departed on his Grand Tour immediately thereafter, not to return for four years.’
According to Wikipedia, the bride was only 13 years old at the time and the groom 18. Obviously arranged marriages were not uncommon, but this seems really sudden and very unfair to both of them. I was pleased to see that the real life couple actually had a happy marriage, as far as can be told from surviving letters. Other snippets of interest are that Lady Sarah shared my birthday, and that her husband, Charles the second Duke of Richmond, is now best remembered for being an important early patron of cricket!
In ‘A Duchess Enraged’ the couple in question are renamed to Allegra and Adam. I think the man who lost the fortune has been changed to be the groom’s father here. Allegra’s father, in lieu of receiving £20,000, offers to have Adam as a son-in-law instead. This has the benefit for the Duke that Adam won’t come back from his Grand Tour with an unsuitable wife in tow. Allegra is extremely frightened at being made to marry and Adam is livid with rage. He finds her unattractive and is completely uninterested in her. The plan is for her to return to her family’s home and await his return from the Grand Tour.
‘Any hopes she had cherished of possibly striking up a friendship with her husband withered away. This marriage, it seemed, was doomed from the start.’
The story then fast forwards four years. Adam’s father has now died, meaning that he is now the Duke. He has a very beautiful mistress, a widow called Lady Lousia Manning, who is hopeful that he will have his unconsummated marriage dissolved and make her his duchess. Adam’s mother has been asking him to go home and take up his life there, and he goes – taking his mistress with him. He sets her up in a house, as was common with a kept woman.
For the first few nights back in London Adam doesn’t go home, but he accompanies Lady Manning to a function. While she gambles at the card table, he wanders about, and a very beautiful lady catches his eye. She is happy to flirt with him, recognising him as her husband. He has no idea who she is, at this point. He finds out the next day, and is hypocritically unhappy about his wife behaving in such a way. She is unhappy that he is openly keeping a mistress. And so sets up the story, with Adam finding Allegra unmanageable and stubborn, Allegra trying to show Adam that he can’t control her while struggling with feelings of attraction towards him, Adam’s mother and sister trying to sort out their differences and other parties trying to cause trouble between them and force them apart.
This book is available in two versions – ‘A Duchess Enraged; An After Dark Version’ which has sex scenes, and ‘A Most Unusual Situation: A Traditional Georgian Romance’, which doesn’t. From the reviews on Amazon UK it seemed as though there wasn’t much in the way of sex scenes so I got the 'after dark' version but to be honest, I think I’d have been better off with the version with none, there were too many scenes for my liking, the style of them wasn't really to my taste, and there is literally a bodice-ripping scene, which I found brutish rather than romantic.
I was hoping for this book to deal with the couple’s unusual situation, and show how they worked through their differences and build a relationship but I didn’t really get that from this book. They just seemed to really lust after each other and that was the main driving force of their relationship. Allegra was a bit childish and naive, but she was still only 18, so that wasn’t too hard to deal with, although she made some tiresomely stupid decisions. I really wasn’t fond of Adam. Firstly, he is a bossy alpha-male type, which isn’t the type of hero I'm fond of, but the real issue was his double standards. Both his wife and his mistress are sex-mad. In his mistress he interprets this as her devotion to him, but in his wife he decides that she is untrustworthy and will very likely be taking lovers left, right and centre. He never applies this logic to his mistress’s likely behaviour, just his wife’s. It was just completely illogical. Both Adam and Allegra are also very gullible.
Some of the secondary characters were interesting, such as Adam's sister Caroline, and a beau of Allegra's, Lord Gresham, but neither of the main protagonists came alive for me here; I felt the characters needed to be fleshed out more. I felt like this was such a missed opportunity, because the bare bones of this story is fascinating and I’d have liked to see the characters come to life, and their relationship grow and develop.
August 1, 2022
4 star read
This was just what I was looking for. I took a star away for its quick ending. I did expect the quick forgiveness of the h.
This was just what I was looking for. I took a star away for its quick ending. I did expect the quick forgiveness of the h.
November 7, 2014
Is a great book to read
June 21, 2021
Misunderstanding
I read the book and did indeed got caught up on how the couple is going to resolve their conflict.
Spoilers ahead.
Let me address the sex scenes. There were a lot of not too graphic sexy time scenes but because most of it was between the hero and the villainous mistress in the act of adultery (while talking bad about the heroine) it took away the connection when the time came for the hero and heroine to have their own sexy time. It just made everything cheap and contrived.
The hero has a mistress while married. I thought when he openly promised his wife to give up his mistress so they can consummate the marriage that all would be well. But no. After the hero and heroine’s honeymoon the mistress deceives the heroine and the heroine gets hurt and acts rashly though innocently and the husband misunderstands and cries infidelity and promptly spends the night with his mistress and resolves to publicly humiliate the heroine and had her investigated for infidelity so he can divorce her. Naturally nothing came of the investigation but it did she light on the true colors of the hero’s mistress. The heroine runs away at last to leave her philandering husband but the husband goes after her after he realizes he has wronged her. He says sorry and says “I love you” and the heroine instantly declares her love and goes back in his arms just like that.
The author spent 88% of the book dragging the misunderstanding and having the hero commit adultery and plot with his mistress how to divorce his wife and all these gets erased with a hasty declaration of love. It was not even a paragraph mind you. But it concluded the story. Unbelievable. As a reader I was led to hate the actions of the hero for the most part of the book but I was not given the satisfaction of having the hero redeem himself in an equally substantial way.
I read the book and did indeed got caught up on how the couple is going to resolve their conflict.
Spoilers ahead.
Let me address the sex scenes. There were a lot of not too graphic sexy time scenes but because most of it was between the hero and the villainous mistress in the act of adultery (while talking bad about the heroine) it took away the connection when the time came for the hero and heroine to have their own sexy time. It just made everything cheap and contrived.
The hero has a mistress while married. I thought when he openly promised his wife to give up his mistress so they can consummate the marriage that all would be well. But no. After the hero and heroine’s honeymoon the mistress deceives the heroine and the heroine gets hurt and acts rashly though innocently and the husband misunderstands and cries infidelity and promptly spends the night with his mistress and resolves to publicly humiliate the heroine and had her investigated for infidelity so he can divorce her. Naturally nothing came of the investigation but it did she light on the true colors of the hero’s mistress. The heroine runs away at last to leave her philandering husband but the husband goes after her after he realizes he has wronged her. He says sorry and says “I love you” and the heroine instantly declares her love and goes back in his arms just like that.
The author spent 88% of the book dragging the misunderstanding and having the hero commit adultery and plot with his mistress how to divorce his wife and all these gets erased with a hasty declaration of love. It was not even a paragraph mind you. But it concluded the story. Unbelievable. As a reader I was led to hate the actions of the hero for the most part of the book but I was not given the satisfaction of having the hero redeem himself in an equally substantial way.
February 11, 2021
SPOILER ALERT:
This book contains CHEATING, so if you can’t stomach a book with cheating, then this book isn’t for you!
I enjoyed the book. I liked the beginning how the story developed. Interesting how the H and h were engaged/married.
I LOVED when they meet for the first time years later lol.
I had a lot of moments where I laughed. But the mistress, Louisa, drove me up a walllllll. H was so gullible lol.
And I love conflict that has good reason to happen. That was not the case in this book. All the h had to do was SAY what happened with Louisa and the problem would have been solved. Even though there were parts that annoyed me, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
I find it rare to find Historical romance books that contain cheating that occurs during the book. So I liked that.
I’m intrigued to check out the next book :)
This book contains CHEATING, so if you can’t stomach a book with cheating, then this book isn’t for you!
I enjoyed the book. I liked the beginning how the story developed. Interesting how the H and h were engaged/married.
I LOVED when they meet for the first time years later lol.
I had a lot of moments where I laughed. But the mistress, Louisa, drove me up a walllllll. H was so gullible lol.
And I love conflict that has good reason to happen. That was not the case in this book. All the h had to do was SAY what happened with Louisa and the problem would have been solved. Even though there were parts that annoyed me, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
I find it rare to find Historical romance books that contain cheating that occurs during the book. So I liked that.
I’m intrigued to check out the next book :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 8, 2020
I've read this book several times and always enjoy it. Allegra is young and has a right to be angered that her husband brings his mistress back to England with him. Adam on the other hand is supposed to be an adult. They are still enjoyable characters.
January 30, 2021
So much potential, with an ending that could have been great but was way too rushed. Couldn't really connect with the characters - both came across as spoiled children, particularly the H. An OK read, main take away was that it could have been amazing (the H needed to grovel for a start).
December 9, 2025
The H is an immature naive gullible idiot/dumbass. I wish he would have married the OW solely for her to ruin his image of her. The fact that he was so gullible was annoying, Allegra deserves better. I loved Caroline though, she’s the MVP of the story, looking forward to read her book
July 22, 2014
I enjoyed A DUCHESS ENRAGED: AN AFTER DARK VERSION GEORGIAN ROMANCE. Allegra, the heroine and Adam, the hero were married because the hero's father gambled and lost to the heroine's father. Allegra was 14 and Adam 21. Of course right after the wedding ceremony the hero splits to the continent for several years. When he left, Allegra was just a plain, 14 year old girl with bright red hair. About 4 years later, Adam has been summons back to England as a Duke. He and his mistress traveled back together. By this time Allegra, the Duchess, has grown into a beautiful woman.
I enjoyed Allegra through out the book but it took a while to warm up to Adam. All that Adam wanted to do was get a divorce from Allegra and marry his mistress, Louisa.
I actually enjoyed Tristan, Lord Gresham. He was the so called bad boy who was always throwing a wench into the mix. He was trying to get even with Adam because Adam stole Tristan's mistress, Louisa from him. Then you had Caroline, who was Adams widowed sister. She was straight laced but i liked her. She was the peace maker. I liked the scenes where Caroline went toe to toe with Tristan, Lord Gresham. I see a romance brewing between Caroline and Tristan.
If you like your Georgian romance with humor, a lot of sex and throw in the mistress, with the bad boy, this book is for you.
This review was posted on Amazon by me.
I enjoyed Allegra through out the book but it took a while to warm up to Adam. All that Adam wanted to do was get a divorce from Allegra and marry his mistress, Louisa.
I actually enjoyed Tristan, Lord Gresham. He was the so called bad boy who was always throwing a wench into the mix. He was trying to get even with Adam because Adam stole Tristan's mistress, Louisa from him. Then you had Caroline, who was Adams widowed sister. She was straight laced but i liked her. She was the peace maker. I liked the scenes where Caroline went toe to toe with Tristan, Lord Gresham. I see a romance brewing between Caroline and Tristan.
If you like your Georgian romance with humor, a lot of sex and throw in the mistress, with the bad boy, this book is for you.
This review was posted on Amazon by me.
February 28, 2015
First off,, I am not a fan of cheating so this books loses points on that alone.
We have like a lot of regency stories about a young girl being married off to a slightly older guy against his will who then insults her and takes off for the continent. The fathers made these arrangements to settle a gambling debt. So I can understand the Dukes heir being a little upset. From there on I find our "hero" Adam to be heartless, judgmental, arrogant, spoiled, unreasonable, narcisstic..pardon my spelling lol. and uses any excuse he can to run back to his mistress and embarrass his young wife. It was to late to redeem him for me. Allegra his wife, has built her life in the ton. She is loved for her beauty and kindness. She is flirtatious but innocent. Adam who brings back his French whore mistress who has made him believe she is an innocent widow plots to get rid of his wife to marry him. He buys her a house and continues to sleep with her throughout the book as the mistresses scheming with others to tear down his wife"s character works. As Adam finally decides to divorce his cheating wife and have her followed because of all the poison that has been whispered in his ear. It does have a HEA...but I would have told the new Duke to stick it where the sun don't shine.
We have like a lot of regency stories about a young girl being married off to a slightly older guy against his will who then insults her and takes off for the continent. The fathers made these arrangements to settle a gambling debt. So I can understand the Dukes heir being a little upset. From there on I find our "hero" Adam to be heartless, judgmental, arrogant, spoiled, unreasonable, narcisstic..pardon my spelling lol. and uses any excuse he can to run back to his mistress and embarrass his young wife. It was to late to redeem him for me. Allegra his wife, has built her life in the ton. She is loved for her beauty and kindness. She is flirtatious but innocent. Adam who brings back his French whore mistress who has made him believe she is an innocent widow plots to get rid of his wife to marry him. He buys her a house and continues to sleep with her throughout the book as the mistresses scheming with others to tear down his wife"s character works. As Adam finally decides to divorce his cheating wife and have her followed because of all the poison that has been whispered in his ear. It does have a HEA...but I would have told the new Duke to stick it where the sun don't shine.
January 23, 2015
Even skimming the pages, these two were a pair. I don't know who was the more childish, by the end I just didn't care.
Adam was typical of the double standards of regency romance and such a silly boy. Allegra was like Adam, too stubborn and too quick to believe the mistress and then forgave far too quickly. Blah. The punishment should fit the damn crime I always say.
The obvious set up for the next couple, widowed Caro with her no nonsense attitude and man whore Tristan overshadowed this adolescent pairing and at least added some spark to this otherwise head banging read. Scanning the reviews I've already read way too many Sense and Sensuality's (Caro & Tristan) so I'll give it a miss thank you.
I liked the writing though.
Sex scenes of course.
December 26, 2015
Never disappointed by Alicia Quigley's books.
Accidentally, I read Sense & Sensuality: Caroline's After Dark Georgian Romance - The Gravesmeres Book 3 before this one, and I must admit I prefer Caroline and Tristan's story to this one, because of the more mature nature of their relationship.
Allegra and Adam are funny, but a little demented as lovers. The author is very good at making them look ridiculous, hysteric or romantic, according to the situation. Extreme care to psychology and dialogues is what I like most in Quigley's books.
Accidentally, I read Sense & Sensuality: Caroline's After Dark Georgian Romance - The Gravesmeres Book 3 before this one, and I must admit I prefer Caroline and Tristan's story to this one, because of the more mature nature of their relationship.
Allegra and Adam are funny, but a little demented as lovers. The author is very good at making them look ridiculous, hysteric or romantic, according to the situation. Extreme care to psychology and dialogues is what I like most in Quigley's books.
October 19, 2014
This was a fun, quick read. I shall look for the story of Caroline & Gresham, which I started hoping for about half-way through this one. I liked Allegra, and even Adam when he wasn't busy being an ass, but Caroline really stole the show.
October 30, 2014
Reading this book reminded me of an accident you come upon which you don't want to look at but you do anyway. Even though the book was full of misunderstandings it was a half way decent read. The characters were somewhat over the top. Waiting for Caroline and Gresham's book.
April 7, 2014
Didn't like the hero
Didn't like the hero
this hero was stupid to trust his mistress and I would not have wanted to go back to him if I were Allerga
Didn't like the hero
this hero was stupid to trust his mistress and I would not have wanted to go back to him if I were Allerga
July 1, 2014
Interesting
liked the book, it was funny and interesting, would like to know if Caroline and Gresham, get together, good read
liked the book, it was funny and interesting, would like to know if Caroline and Gresham, get together, good read
October 23, 2014
It was an enjoyable read. There were however a couple of vocabulary lapses that dropped the tone. I enjoyed my time spent with Allegra and Adam.
January 16, 2015
Real tough read the characters were unlikeable.
March 14, 2015
This book had a lot of funny parts which entertained me well.
August 1, 2015
Spicy
This kept me coming back for more though the miss trust got a little old. A little shorter would have made it better.
This kept me coming back for more though the miss trust got a little old. A little shorter would have made it better.
September 17, 2024
It doesn't really work as an entertaining story as you don't empathise with any of the characters
historical
January 11, 2019It's 18th century London, where an Earl loses a vast sum of money to his good friend, a Duke. To settle the debt, the Earl suggests that he marry his fourteen year old daughter to the Duke’s twenty-one year old son. The marriage takes place the next morning. She is terrified, and he is furious. Calling her an ugly dowd, he leaves immediately after the ceremony on the Grand Tour and does not return for four years. When he returns, two adults who have barely met, and don’t even recognize each other must build a marriage. Can these two strong and determined personalities learn to overcome the resentments of the past, and convert the misunderstandings of the present into a passionate love affair on which they can build a life?
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