A review by tippyloohoo
Return of the Duke by Lorraine Heath

3.0

It has been a while since I've read the first two books in Lorraine Heath's Once Upon a Dukedom series so it took me a few chapters to remember who everyone was and what had happened previously. The main male protagonist, Marcus, is known as Wolf in the previous books. I remember being intrigued by his character and wanting to know more about what he was really up to since it was all pretty cloak and dagger. This book delivered on that, though I didn't find his as compelling as I had hoped. However, his love interest was a different story. I loved Esme! I am here for a woman in her early 30's being the main character. Down with debutants! Esme is fierce and capable and a perfect leading lady. I could read a whole other book about her and what she was up to before Marcus showed up. So while I didn't 100% love everything about this story it was still really enjoyable.