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A review by winterreader40
When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James
3.0
Isidore and Simeon have been married for 11 years but have never met as they were married by proxy when she was 12(I think). She has been patiently waiting for him to return from his wanderings until she decides that enough is enough and lures him home by going to a scandalous house party and making sure his mother knows about it.
Simeon returns to get his bride only to find she isn't the timid/demure woman his mother has been telling him about all these years while he's been practicing the middle way and avoiding extreme emotions of any kind. He has also been practicing abstinence during his travels and returns to his bride a virgin.
This couples story was ok, I didn't love Simeon and I hate how the Beaumont's take up too many chapters in everyone else's stories until their own book. I do like that Eloisa James is the only author I've ever seen write an awkward not so good for anyone involved sex scene, it's such a refreshing change.
Simeon returns to get his bride only to find she isn't the timid/demure woman his mother has been telling him about all these years while he's been practicing the middle way and avoiding extreme emotions of any kind. He has also been practicing abstinence during his travels and returns to his bride a virgin.
This couples story was ok, I didn't love Simeon and I hate how the Beaumont's take up too many chapters in everyone else's stories until their own book. I do like that Eloisa James is the only author I've ever seen write an awkward not so good for anyone involved sex scene, it's such a refreshing change.