kittykatz96 's review for:

The Duke's Secret Cinderella by Eva Devon

3.5

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Charlotte is an orphaned woman living in London under the thumb of her horrible stepfather. When her stepfather leaves one of her beloved servants in a debtors prison she decides to wear one of her step sisters gown and get him out. On her way to help the servant she crosses paths with Rafe, Duke of rockford. Rafe who is progressive and under orders from his mother to meet and find a bride finds himself immediately drawn to Charlotte and decides to help her. When he later goes to meet the one woman on his mothers suitable brides list he finds himself running into charlotte, who out of fear pretends to be a lady and her step-sisters cousin.

This was a really sweet romance. Charlotte is show to be very kind and considerate and clearly loves the people in her life dearly. I loved the fact that in this retelling of Cinderella the step-sister isn’t mean or ugly but is another sweet young woman who is in a truly awful situation. I like Rafe, he is very dedicated to his values and his family which I find very endearing. I loved Rafe’s mother and grandmother, both women were fun, especially his mother with her one name long list of acceptable ladies. This was a fairly light and breezy read if nothing particular new of special.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.