Miriamgreen’s Reviews > The Duke's Shotgun Wedding > Status Update

Ugh. I had forgotten the predetermined ending with Jocelyn‘s pregnancy. This trope is so overused as to be offputting. But, who am I to cavil?

”Truthfully, never did I expect you to enthrall me as you have.” “… and I began to fear your lure. I withdrew, uncomfortable with the intensity of my emotions. The last time I felt anything close to this, I fought a Dual over a married woman… Whom society still believes I murdered. “

“You infuriate me, “he growled. “I do not know if I should beat you, strangle you, or kiss you.”

Follows seduction on the desk. This is why even the novella is eminently satisfying.

Sebastian speaks of her defiance, and punishment of punishment or beating.

Her jaw dropped in outrage. “You arrogant, egotistical, unfeeling beast! “
she launched herself at him
He had truly enraged his Duchess

His response? Abrupt desire.

I sometimes wish Stacy Reid would pay a little bit more attention to accuracy. A tea gown never would have the breasts uncovered.

“Enough, Madam.”
“I neither want nor require your love, Jocelyn. Do not speak of such things. “

The fat is in the fire

She had thought him cold and remote before, but it was as if he became the very God of ice and snow.

Make no trespass towards the Dowager Duchess

To arrive back from her home to the Duke’s estate in time for the evening meal, she would’ve had to fly

Stacy Reid has forced us to a suspension of belief
Which I do not particularly like, and it was unnecessary
Travel between Norfolk and Lincolnshire by horse is measured in days not hours
Insofar as concerns, the lawyer, travel between Norfolk and London must have been by train

When Jocelyn awoke, she was certain she was in love.

The beginning of, uh-oh a no no. Already hinted at was her heartbreak. The Duke had had nothing but painful experiences with the perfidy of women. She was to be no exception.