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Project Duchess
by Sabrina Jeffries
Rating- 3.5 Really good
Heat- 3 Slow build
ARC received in exchange for an honest review.
The Duke Dynasty series looks to be a new favorite by Jeffries. The series will clearly follow one complicated family. Lydia, the matron, has been widowed by 3 different Dukes and born heirs for each of them. While Project Duchess follows her oldest son, Fletcher, the Duke of Greycourt. Yes, Fletcherror is our hero's name. Thankfully he goes by Grey. We also get to know two of Grey's half-brothers who are Dukes as well and his half-sister. Watching the interaction between these siblings was one of the best aspects of this book. Their quick sallies had me like
Grey keeps himself apart from his family. He learned not to count on them when he was sent away as a child. As Project Duchess opens, Grey learns about the death of his step-father and goes to join them. Upon arrival, he instantly runs into Beatrice, his half-brother's cousin. Grey is used to people being intimidated by him, so he finds Beatrice's lack of fear intriguing. Despite his instant attraction to Beatrice, Grey is hoping to escape his family and return to London as soon as possible. He is forced to agree to stay for a while when his brother confesses his suspicions that his father was murdered.
While the love story between Grey and Beatrice is sweet, it is full of over used tropes. Grey doesn't want to care about anyone but can't stay away. Beatrice has had experiences with men in the past that made her distrust suave men like Grey. The best parts of Project Duchess are the mysteries. The problem of what happened to Grey's step-father becomes more intriguing with each chapter until the book ends with the family having more questions than they did at the start. We are left eager for the next installment.
Jeffries does a wonderful job of building not just this murder mystery but enigmatic characters. We are slowly fed bits and pieces about Grey's childhood that has us dying for the full story before she indulges us.
Beatrice's brother, Joshua, a war veteran with obvious signs of PTSD, leaves us begging to hear what happened during his time away that so changed him. An intriguing backstory between Gwyn and Thorn, two of the siblings, is thrown out and left dangling (hopefully for future books).
Heat- 3 Slow build
ARC received in exchange for an honest review.
The Duke Dynasty series looks to be a new favorite by Jeffries. The series will clearly follow one complicated family. Lydia, the matron, has been widowed by 3 different Dukes and born heirs for each of them. While Project Duchess follows her oldest son, Fletcher, the Duke of Greycourt. Yes, Fletcherror is our hero's name. Thankfully he goes by Grey. We also get to know two of Grey's half-brothers who are Dukes as well and his half-sister. Watching the interaction between these siblings was one of the best aspects of this book. Their quick sallies had me like
Grey keeps himself apart from his family. He learned not to count on them when he was sent away as a child. As Project Duchess opens, Grey learns about the death of his step-father and goes to join them. Upon arrival, he instantly runs into Beatrice, his half-brother's cousin. Grey is used to people being intimidated by him, so he finds Beatrice's lack of fear intriguing. Despite his instant attraction to Beatrice, Grey is hoping to escape his family and return to London as soon as possible. He is forced to agree to stay for a while when his brother confesses his suspicions that his father was murdered.
While the love story between Grey and Beatrice is sweet, it is full of over used tropes. Grey doesn't want to care about anyone but can't stay away. Beatrice has had experiences with men in the past that made her distrust suave men like Grey. The best parts of Project Duchess are the mysteries. The problem of what happened to Grey's step-father becomes more intriguing with each chapter until the book ends with the family having more questions than they did at the start. We are left eager for the next installment.
Jeffries does a wonderful job of building not just this murder mystery but enigmatic characters. We are slowly fed bits and pieces about Grey's childhood that has us dying for the full story before she indulges us.
Beatrice's brother, Joshua, a war veteran with obvious signs of PTSD, leaves us begging to hear what happened during his time away that so changed him. An intriguing backstory between Gwyn and Thorn, two of the siblings, is thrown out and left dangling (hopefully for future books).