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A review by beckymmoe
One Night of Temptation by Darcy Burke
3.0
Reviewed on my blog, Becky on Books, on 6/27/19.
The final book in the Wicked Dukes Club gives us a sweet wrap-up to the series--if you've read the other series books, just wait for the final scenes :)
One Night has a fantastic opening--we're thrown right into Pen's desperate situation and are as grateful as she is that Hugh is in the right place at the right time to rescue her. Pen's escape plan always seemed a bit iffy, though, which did make me wonder how on earth she'd manage to pull of an HEA for herself in the end.
Though I did enjoy their story, Hugh and Penelope's story feels a bit more rushed than many of the other books in the series. On the whole, it's very insta--insta-lust, insta-love, and insta-marriage. I do wish we'd had a bit more background for this one, especially for Penelope--though she tells us her relationship with her family is awful, we don't really see it for ourselves until the last third or so of the book and never really get the true story behind why she is forced to turn to a woman she barely knows for help escaping her desperate situation. Still, Hugh is a worthy hero for her, and seeing them reach their HEA, even if it is pretty quickly done, is still satisfying.
Not my favorite in the series, but a worthy addition--especially for those final scenes!
Rating: 3 stars / C+
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
The final book in the Wicked Dukes Club gives us a sweet wrap-up to the series--if you've read the other series books, just wait for the final scenes :)
One Night has a fantastic opening--we're thrown right into Pen's desperate situation and are as grateful as she is that Hugh is in the right place at the right time to rescue her. Pen's escape plan always seemed a bit iffy, though, which did make me wonder how on earth she'd manage to pull of an HEA for herself in the end.
Though I did enjoy their story, Hugh and Penelope's story feels a bit more rushed than many of the other books in the series. On the whole, it's very insta--insta-lust, insta-love, and insta-marriage. I do wish we'd had a bit more background for this one, especially for Penelope--though she tells us her relationship with her family is awful, we don't really see it for ourselves until the last third or so of the book and never really get the true story behind why she is forced to turn to a woman she barely knows for help escaping her desperate situation. Still, Hugh is a worthy hero for her, and seeing them reach their HEA, even if it is pretty quickly done, is still satisfying.
Not my favorite in the series, but a worthy addition--especially for those final scenes!
Rating: 3 stars / C+
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.