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A review by ladymacbeth2024
To Defend a Damaged Duke by Fearne Hill
4.5
4.5 stars
Very lovely second book of Regency Rossingley series.
Benedict and Tommy's second chance at love was very well written: romantic, swoony, intriguing.
I liked Tommy in the first book and I was so curious about this easygoing man. Of course, there are always the people who seem so unbothered and relaxed, the ones who have been hurt badly in the past.
Benedict is a reserved and a little awkward man, who feels under a lot of pressure since he inherited the title of Duke.
One of my favourite aspect of this story was the found family: for years, Benedict has been alone with his pain for his lost love and with the shame of being different from other men. But just when his life is threatened, he finds out he has more friends than he could imagine and that those friends are more than ready to help him. Some of those friends are like him, like Rossingley and Kit, other are just decent people who don't judge and don't hate, like Francis, Isabella, Beatrice.
I particularly appreciate that Benedict wasn't jealous about Tommy and Rossingley's past and current close friendship: on the contrary, he was glad that Tommy wasn't alone and had such a great friend at his side.
This story is low on the spicy side, but the few physical scenes are very beautiful: intimate and romantic, they show the readers how precious is Tommy and Benedict's love.
The part regarding the blackmail and the plan to save the Duke was intriguing and I had a lot of fun during the part when finally all is resolved.
I literally cannot wait to read the next book of this series: the two MCs are so very interesting and the author's choice to put them together genuinely surprised me!
<i>I received an ARC of this book from Gay Romance Reviews and this is my honest review.</i>
Very lovely second book of Regency Rossingley series.
Benedict and Tommy's second chance at love was very well written: romantic, swoony, intriguing.
I liked Tommy in the first book and I was so curious about this easygoing man. Of course, there are always the people who seem so unbothered and relaxed, the ones who have been hurt badly in the past.
Benedict is a reserved and a little awkward man, who feels under a lot of pressure since he inherited the title of Duke.
One of my favourite aspect of this story was the found family: for years, Benedict has been alone with his pain for his lost love and with the shame of being different from other men. But just when his life is threatened, he finds out he has more friends than he could imagine and that those friends are more than ready to help him. Some of those friends are like him, like Rossingley and Kit, other are just decent people who don't judge and don't hate, like Francis, Isabella, Beatrice.
I particularly appreciate that Benedict wasn't jealous about Tommy and Rossingley's past and current close friendship: on the contrary, he was glad that Tommy wasn't alone and had such a great friend at his side.
This story is low on the spicy side, but the few physical scenes are very beautiful: intimate and romantic, they show the readers how precious is Tommy and Benedict's love.
The part regarding the blackmail and the plan to save the Duke was intriguing and I had a lot of fun during the part when finally all is resolved.
I literally cannot wait to read the next book of this series: the two MCs are so very interesting and the author's choice to put them together genuinely surprised me!
<i>I received an ARC of this book from Gay Romance Reviews and this is my honest review.</i>