The Duke Goes Down
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Sophie Jordan
AMAZON BEST ROMANCE PICK IN AUGUST New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan begins the all new The Duke Hunt series with the illegitimate son of a duke who meets his match in the daring daughter of a vicar. The Bastard Rogue... Peregrine Butler’s privileged blue-blooded world is rocked to the core when it is revealed he was born before his parents’ marriage and therefore is not the legal heir to the dukedom. Facing ruin, Perry must use his charm and good looks to win an heiress—all the while ignoring his fascination with the one interfering and alluring chit who is intent on sabotaging his efforts. The Lady Vicar... Everyone knows Imogen Bates, the virtuous daughter of the senile vicar. She can write a sermon in a day and spot a rogue in a second, so she sees right through Perry’s seductive façade. But Imogen’s plan to protect the heiresses of her beloved Shropshire from the erstwhile Duke of Penning, the bane of her existence since childhood, soon turns into something altogether unacceptable for the proper lady … who suddenly finds herself longing to keep his heated glances and tempting kisses all to herself.
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Author
Sophie Jordan
Pages
352
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2021-07-27
ISBN
0063035642 9780063035645
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"I feel so bad that I didn’t end up loving this book as much as I thought I would, especially given that it’s [a:Sophie Jordan|89439|Sophie Jordan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1239986541p2/89439.jpg] who has easily become one of my top 5 favourite romance authors these past couple of years.<br/><br/> It fundamentally came down to this: there was pretty much little to no chemistry between the two main characters, who I can’t even name right now off the top of my head (which that itself is saying something). Going from hating each other as kids to hating each other as adults and then magically liking each other because you had a secret makeout at a neighbour’s party was just stretching it a bit too much even for me. They had nothing in common, other than their fathers liked talking to each other on regular occasions. The heroine felt at times extremely vindictive for absolutely no reason at all, even though the rationale was that she felt bullied by him and his younger sister as a child. At a certain point, you need to move on with your life and let bygones be bygones. Then finding out that his predicament is all down to <spoiler>the girl going through parish birth records that the then parish priest had neglected and correcting them</spoiler> was just too convenient of circumstances to have occurred. Having that happen at the 11th hour before the end of the book and then it wrapped up in a nice little bow with everything resolved felt really forced. <br/><br/>This might just be a one-off thing with the overall premise just not jiving with my particular tastes. I am however looking forward to the next book in the series, which has Mercy a local farmer girl as the lead and what seems to be a devil-may-care businessman on the ups in society as our hero."
Erin Smith