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A review by andrea_author
Ten Days with a Duke by Erica Ridley
5.0
I can always count on Erica Ridley for charming, heartwarming, low-angst novels. And this one is perfect for the holidays!
Olive is determined to stay unmarried and run her father's horse farm. Her father has other ideas. He arranges a marriage between her and the son of his former best friend in hopes of healing the rift between the families. But he doesn't tell Olive this until Eli is about to show up on their doorstep. And her father threatens to withhold his shares in the farm from her if she doesn't comply.
Eli is terrified of horses. His interest is in Olive, not the farm. He's had a crush on her since they were teenagers. But he humiliated her then, and she still hasn't forgiven him. Can he win her heart despite the past and the machinations of their fathers?
Ridley excels at characterization, and that's certainly true here. Olive and Eli are adorable separately and together. They're perfect complements for each other, and it's easy to envision what their future together will look like. The stakes are high in this story, and there's plenty of action to hold the interest. But it's also a joyful thing to see how these two characters bring out the best in each other.
Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received.
Olive is determined to stay unmarried and run her father's horse farm. Her father has other ideas. He arranges a marriage between her and the son of his former best friend in hopes of healing the rift between the families. But he doesn't tell Olive this until Eli is about to show up on their doorstep. And her father threatens to withhold his shares in the farm from her if she doesn't comply.
Eli is terrified of horses. His interest is in Olive, not the farm. He's had a crush on her since they were teenagers. But he humiliated her then, and she still hasn't forgiven him. Can he win her heart despite the past and the machinations of their fathers?
Ridley excels at characterization, and that's certainly true here. Olive and Eli are adorable separately and together. They're perfect complements for each other, and it's easy to envision what their future together will look like. The stakes are high in this story, and there's plenty of action to hold the interest. But it's also a joyful thing to see how these two characters bring out the best in each other.
Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received.