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A review by taisie22
The Duke Redemption by Grace Callaway
4.0
This is a new author for me and I'll definitely read more of her books. I love Beauty and the Beast retellings and this one is pretty good though it doesn't really stick with the original much.
Beatrice is a beauty turned Lady Beastly when her horse kicks her in the face. Wick is a businessman who wants to put a railroad through her estate. He's also the 'beauty' in this story though Bea is still very beautiful and her scar barely noticeable.
What I really liked was the story. Bea has collected a group of what the world considers misfits to live with her and they're the main reason she doesn't want to move. There's a mystery involving someone threatening Bea and she has a considerable amount of enemies. However, I was surprised by the real villain and I loved the resolution.
There's a lot of very steamy sex scenes; Bea meets Wick at an orgy where she's gone to give up her virginity and that's just the start. Not a problem as far as I'm concerned but other readers might expect a clean story. Ms. Callaway writes interesting characters with some depth to them and as I said above, I expect to read more of her books (I already have The Return of the Duke on my e-reader).
Beatrice is a beauty turned Lady Beastly when her horse kicks her in the face. Wick is a businessman who wants to put a railroad through her estate. He's also the 'beauty' in this story though Bea is still very beautiful and her scar barely noticeable.
What I really liked was the story. Bea has collected a group of what the world considers misfits to live with her and they're the main reason she doesn't want to move. There's a mystery involving someone threatening Bea and she has a considerable amount of enemies. However, I was surprised by the real villain and I loved the resolution.
There's a lot of very steamy sex scenes; Bea meets Wick at an orgy where she's gone to give up her virginity and that's just the start. Not a problem as far as I'm concerned but other readers might expect a clean story. Ms. Callaway writes interesting characters with some depth to them and as I said above, I expect to read more of her books (I already have The Return of the Duke on my e-reader).