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A review by dianed
The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
5.0
Sarah Maclean has done it again. Her 3rd book in this series is probably the mst heart-wrenching. The Duke of Haven meets and falls in love with Lady Seraphina Talbot. Even as he makes plan to ask her to marry him, he is caught compromising her by both of their mothers and they are forced to marry. Harsh words separate them immediately after the wedding.
Through a series of flash-backs, Ms Maclean over the almost 3 years of their broken marriage we see how good things started out and how they quickly deteriorated. After giving birth to a stillborn daughter, Sera runs away. Now she's back wanting a divorce and her freedom.
This is one of those books where you wish you could take the characters by the collar and make them sit down and speak the truth but as usual, they both have feelings for the other but refuse to admit them. Ms Maclean does a masterful job of making you feel their pain even as you are pulling for them to realize their mistakes.
Sera's sisters provide both honesty and comic relief for a story that could become quite heavy without it. When the Happily Ever After finally comes everyone is ready to celebrate.
Through a series of flash-backs, Ms Maclean over the almost 3 years of their broken marriage we see how good things started out and how they quickly deteriorated. After giving birth to a stillborn daughter, Sera runs away. Now she's back wanting a divorce and her freedom.
This is one of those books where you wish you could take the characters by the collar and make them sit down and speak the truth but as usual, they both have feelings for the other but refuse to admit them. Ms Maclean does a masterful job of making you feel their pain even as you are pulling for them to realize their mistakes.
Sera's sisters provide both honesty and comic relief for a story that could become quite heavy without it. When the Happily Ever After finally comes everyone is ready to celebrate.