The Last Duchess of Wolff's Lair

by Jo-Ann Power

Following the dying words of her impoverished father, Alicia Pennington weds the notorious often-married Duke of Worminster, and soon finds life in his ancestral estate filled with fear and scandal. Original.

Genres: Gothic, Romance, Historical Romance, Gothic Romance

1 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1993

About the author

Aka Ann Crowleigh (joint pseudonym with Barbara Cummings).

Writing a new mystery series starring a Texas Congresswoman and her reluctant bodyguard, Jo-Ann Power truly writes what she knows! A career in Washington in media--and a new resident of Texas (relatively speaking...), "JP" has created a series that PW loves as well as RT, Booklist and many readers more!"

Reviews

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strongly shaded by the 'bluebeard' theme, I liked how the H and the heroine genuinely fall in love with each other and there is a fair amount of romance and sex in this gothic-romance alongside the mystery. Based on a MOC, the virgin h, a parson's daughter, has her marriage arranged to the twice-widowed, 20yrs older Duke/H who is surrounded with the mysteries related to death/cause of death of his previous 2 wives. The story gets more mysterious when the h starts to feel unwell after her marriage aswell and they have to change the serving maids. There is an ancestral Curse within the Wolf family that a son could only be born if the woman was taken from within the wolf family and the Duke is desperate to have a son since only sons could inherit the Dukedom or his enemy relatives would takeover. There are many complicated and queer side characters and servants and the MCs have to discover the truth about the deaths and about each other. I found the ending to be very satisfying and I highly recommend this gothic romance.