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The Wicked Duke Takes A Wife (2009)

by Jillian Hunter(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0345503953 (ISBN13: 9780345503954)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ballantine

series

Boscastle

review 1: Harriet Gardner was on a fast track to the gaol when a rich noblewoman took pity on her and brought her to her finishing school instead. Years of hard study later, Harriet has a genteel accent and accomplishments, and expects to spend the rest of her life as a school teacher. But after she snaps at Lady Powlis, she is unexpectedly offered the position of companion to her ladyship, who is bored and looking for amusement. From there Harriet becomes entangled in the Boscastle family shenanigans, from morbid young Edlyn to the stormy duke.I quite liked this! The author has a better handle on the period than most, from Harriet's amazement at the waste of beeswax candles to the lurid cartoon broadsheets. Not all the scenes take place amidst the ton--London is portrayed not ... moreas a whirlwind of fancy balls, but as hierarchies of class that interlock but rarely meaningfully interact. I could see why both Harriet and Griffin were attracted to each other, and I liked the way their power imbalance colored their romance. Also, there's an actual plot! Ye gods, I didn't know regency romances were allowed to have actual excitement in them.
review 2: Loved this one and will need to check out some of Hunter's other books. About a young woman who when caught stealing at a peer's house is given the opportunity to reform by studying at the Scarfield Academy for Young Ladies. She later finds herself teaching and touted as one of the school's success stories. When the Duke comes to see his niece he finds himself attracted to the young teacher and.... less

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