A review by ssejig
Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea by Sophia Nash

3.0

Alexander Barclay hasn't been the Duke of Kress for very long. The title was given to him by the Prince Regent. As he was celebrating the impending nuptials of another of the royal dukes, he seems to have celebrated a little more than was wise. In fact, they all did. Alex is blamed because his is the absinthe they were imbibing and he is exiled to Cornwall. When he arrives, he finds Roxanne Vanderhaven, the Countess of Paxton, clinging to the side of a cliff, where her husband left her. Alex pulls her up and joins her in her quest for vengeance. Roxanne isn't sure why her husband tried to kill her. They weren't in love (he married her for her money) but they didn't hate each other either.
I really did enjoy this book though I enjoyed the second book in the series a little more. While not exactly historically accurate (I'm willing to suspend my disbelief), this is a fun romp and definitely worth reading.