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Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti
4.0
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. '๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ.'
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ. '๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.'"
This was my first historical romance (not counting the Bridgerton show), and it was so much fun! I absolutely love female characters who push the boundaries a little. Lady Selina Ravenscroft sure did that by secretly owning an erotic library, which was enjoyed by much of the women of the ton. I very much enjoyed this plot point and watching how Selina navigated the secret.
The Duke of Stanhope, Peter Kent, was such a great character too! He was so caring, and his sole focus was getting custody of his half siblings. In order for this to happen, he needed to be an upstanding Duke, so Selina decided he should be married and she would help him find a wife. Along the way, Peter and Selinaโs chemistry was magnetic. I appreciated how he celebrated her every step of the way, and she fought with everything she had for his family. I loved all of the wit, humor, and scandal in this book! The side characters were equally endearing, and I am looking forward to the other books in this series!
The book is narrated by Mhairi Morrison, whose voice was perfect. The story is told in 3rd person, dual POV. Mhairi voices both parts, and she did such a great job (except there were occasional lines for Peter in the southern American accent that felt a little over the top). I loved listening instead of reading with my eyes because the British accent makes it feel so authentic. I highly recommend the audio of this one!
Read if you like:
๐ Regency romance
๐ Matchmaking
๐ A scandalous library
๐ Friends to lovers
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ. '๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.'"
This was my first historical romance (not counting the Bridgerton show), and it was so much fun! I absolutely love female characters who push the boundaries a little. Lady Selina Ravenscroft sure did that by secretly owning an erotic library, which was enjoyed by much of the women of the ton. I very much enjoyed this plot point and watching how Selina navigated the secret.
The Duke of Stanhope, Peter Kent, was such a great character too! He was so caring, and his sole focus was getting custody of his half siblings. In order for this to happen, he needed to be an upstanding Duke, so Selina decided he should be married and she would help him find a wife. Along the way, Peter and Selinaโs chemistry was magnetic. I appreciated how he celebrated her every step of the way, and she fought with everything she had for his family. I loved all of the wit, humor, and scandal in this book! The side characters were equally endearing, and I am looking forward to the other books in this series!
The book is narrated by Mhairi Morrison, whose voice was perfect. The story is told in 3rd person, dual POV. Mhairi voices both parts, and she did such a great job (except there were occasional lines for Peter in the southern American accent that felt a little over the top). I loved listening instead of reading with my eyes because the British accent makes it feel so authentic. I highly recommend the audio of this one!
Read if you like:
๐ Regency romance
๐ Matchmaking
๐ A scandalous library
๐ Friends to lovers