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A review by gwalt118
A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins
4.0
A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes, the third in Manda Collins' Ladies Most Scandalous series, is just as wonderful as the first two novels. Collins has just the right amount of love and suspense in this historical romance mystery. I listened to all three on audio, and Mary Jane Wells was a fantastic narrator.
In this novel, we follow Joshua Fielding, the Duke of Langham, and Poppy Delamere. We were introduced to them in a previous novel in the series, and we know they don't like each other very much. After running into each other at a train station, they concoct a plan to pretend to be engaged to ward off Langham's grandmother's matchmaking and use Langham's influence to help free Poppy's sister from a murder charge, of which she is innocent. Of course, they fall in love.
I loved the reappearance of Kate and Eversham from the first book and Caro and Val from the second book. These women are spunky and these men love them so much. I just thoroughly enjoy all three of these couples. Seeing them work together in the last third or so of the novel to solve a crime was incredibly fun.
Like the other two novels in the series, everything gets tied up very quickly at the end. It feels a little whiplashy after an entire novel of suspense over the murder and when will they (because you know they will) over the romance. I wish Collins would have drawn that out a bit more, especially since this is the last one in the series.
Although...there is a moment toward the end of the novel where she creates an opening for a fourth novel that focuses on Lord Adrian (Langham's brother) and Miss Halliwell (a governess to their nieces and nephews). Dare I hope?!?!
In this novel, we follow Joshua Fielding, the Duke of Langham, and Poppy Delamere. We were introduced to them in a previous novel in the series, and we know they don't like each other very much. After running into each other at a train station, they concoct a plan to pretend to be engaged to ward off Langham's grandmother's matchmaking and use Langham's influence to help free Poppy's sister from a murder charge, of which she is innocent. Of course, they fall in love.
I loved the reappearance of Kate and Eversham from the first book and Caro and Val from the second book. These women are spunky and these men love them so much. I just thoroughly enjoy all three of these couples. Seeing them work together in the last third or so of the novel to solve a crime was incredibly fun.
Like the other two novels in the series, everything gets tied up very quickly at the end. It feels a little whiplashy after an entire novel of suspense over the murder and when will they (because you know they will) over the romance. I wish Collins would have drawn that out a bit more, especially since this is the last one in the series.
Although...there is a moment toward the end of the novel where she creates an opening for a fourth novel that focuses on Lord Adrian (Langham's brother) and Miss Halliwell (a governess to their nieces and nephews). Dare I hope?!?!