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Along Came A Duke (2012)

by Elizabeth Boyle(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1410448959 (ISBN13: 9781410448958)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Thorndike Press

series

Rhymes With Love

review 1: This starts out a bit slowly but then picks up pace as the story progresses. It's nice to see the transformation of Tabitha from being practically enslaved by her aunt and uncle at the vicarage to winning the heart of a Duke, albeit a somewhat reckless one. I appreciated this tale of Miss Tabitha Timmons and the Duke of Preston. Tabitha's two friends, Harriet and Daphne, added some humour to the situation. Tabitha finds out she has inherited from her maternal uncle but a condition of his will is that she must marry Mr Barkworth, heir presumptive to a Marquisate, but who is deep in debt. In the meantime she and Preston have fallen in love with each other though neither will admit it. It turns out there is more to the inheritance than Tabitha knows and her uncles prefer to k... moreeep it that way. Preston, however, finds out what the loophole is and endeavours to help Tabitha out of her unwanted, soon-to-be-announced betrothal. A proviso is that Barkworth must cry off and then she will still inherit, or she reaches the age of majority (25) first. However, if she reaches her 25th birthday unmarried than her two uncles take control of her fortune. Needless to say, her uncles want her married as quickly as possible to the biddable Barkworth or not at all so that they can gain control of her inheritance. There is a scene where Preston and Tabitha agree to his "ruining" her so that Barkworth will cry off from the engagement but other than that the focus is on the plot so there's not too much smut save the one scene of ruination. For being an entertaining read, this is 3-1/2 to 4 stars.
review 2: Está escrito con ese toque divertido que tiene la autora, pero se queda flojo, o al menos, a mí no me lo ha parecido. El problema es que se queda a las puertas en todo.... con buenos protagonistas, que para mí, la autora ha desaprovechado... me hubiera gustado saber más de él y también más de la vida de ella (la cenicienta del cuento) la trama también se queda en nada..... Y claro, esos enamoramientos espontáneos no me van nada.Muy buenos secundarios que supongo que serán los próximos protagonistas, a mí me han llamado la atención: Harriet y RoxleyMe ha resultado entretenido, pero nada más. Una pena, quizás me espero mucho de esta autora que me gustó tanto en su saga anterior. less

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