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A Duke of Her Own
by Eloisa James
Leopold, the Duke of Villiers is 34. After being almost killed in a duel he has reassessed his life and decided to make changes. Most importantly, he is taking charge of his six (!) bastard children which have been born to his assorted mistresses over the course of 10 years. Until now he just provided for their welfare, but now he plans to bring them all to live with him and endow them with ten thousand pounds each. He decides he needs to marry a Duke's daughter. No one else will have the social clout to successfully launch his illegitimate children.
There are currently two unmarried daughters of dukes: Eleanor and Lisette.
Eleanor lost her first love and childhood best friend Gideon, the duke of Astley after he discovered that he had been betrothed by his father as a small child to someone else. Now aged 23, Eleanor is still pining for him, dressing matronly and scaring off any eligible men with her intelligence and acerbic wit. She has publicly vowed never to marry less than a Duke, though in reality she meant she she would only marry Gideon. Her heart belongs to Astley anyway, who is now trapped in a bland marriage with a frail but beautiful girl.
Lisette is magnificently beautiful, but is known in society as slightly mad. She never comes to Town, staying in the country, enjoying her artistic pursuits and being entertained by children from the local orphanage of which she is on the board.
Villiers meets Eleanor at a ball and their attraction is instant, but the banter is even better. She is clearly still in love with someone else, but he's not fussed about romance for himself, rather that she has the social position he needs as a mother to his children.
Eleanor suggests he visit her childhood friend Lisette in her country estate, when she goes there to visit. Eleanor knows that Lisette isn't mad, but frivolous, self-centred and very spoiled. Despite this bring the case, when Villiers sees Lisette he sees her as perfect 'mother' material, because she is playful, enthusiastic and seems to treat his daughters like little princesses to play with.
It took a while for me to figure out who the actual couple was going to be, but I'm so glad that Villiers finally figured out that Eleanor is awesome. The second half of the book is so good, with so many feels and a perfect ending.
I will read this again.
This book contains descriptive love scenes.
There are currently two unmarried daughters of dukes: Eleanor and Lisette.
Eleanor lost her first love and childhood best friend Gideon, the duke of Astley after he discovered that he had been betrothed by his father as a small child to someone else. Now aged 23, Eleanor is still pining for him, dressing matronly and scaring off any eligible men with her intelligence and acerbic wit. She has publicly vowed never to marry less than a Duke, though in reality she meant she she would only marry Gideon. Her heart belongs to Astley anyway, who is now trapped in a bland marriage with a frail but beautiful girl.
Lisette is magnificently beautiful, but is known in society as slightly mad. She never comes to Town, staying in the country, enjoying her artistic pursuits and being entertained by children from the local orphanage of which she is on the board.
Villiers meets Eleanor at a ball and their attraction is instant, but the banter is even better. She is clearly still in love with someone else, but he's not fussed about romance for himself, rather that she has the social position he needs as a mother to his children.
Eleanor suggests he visit her childhood friend Lisette in her country estate, when she goes there to visit. Eleanor knows that Lisette isn't mad, but frivolous, self-centred and very spoiled. Despite this bring the case, when Villiers sees Lisette he sees her as perfect 'mother' material, because she is playful, enthusiastic and seems to treat his daughters like little princesses to play with.
It took a while for me to figure out who the actual couple was going to be, but I'm so glad that Villiers finally figured out that Eleanor is awesome. The second half of the book is so good, with so many feels and a perfect ending.
I will read this again.
This book contains descriptive love scenes.