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Claiming The Duchess (2014)

by Sherry Thomas(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1631280058 (ISBN13: 9781631280054)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Smashwords

review 1: "Claiming the Duchess" is a short story in Sherry Thomas's Fitzhugh cycle that's set before the events of BEGUILING THE BEAUTY and features some of the same characters. Christian, the hero of BEGUILING, is a teenage boy at the start of "Claiming," and his mother, Clarissa, is his stepmother -- and, obviously, a Duchess. Christian's father, the Duke, is no good for anyone, and the Duke's best mood appears to be absent neglect.Anyway, one day Clarissa meets a man named James Kingston, a cousin of her husband the Duke. Unlike her husband, James is a kind man...of course, Clarissa is a proper wife (even though her husband is far from a good husband, as he has affair after affair), and she doesn't do anything.After Mr. Kingston leaves, Clarissa gets a note from a Miss Julia Kir... morekland. Miss Kirkland says she fell in love in Clarissa's garden, and would Clarissa be interested in sharing some hydrangea cuttings?It's with this beginning that Clarissa and "Julia" become friends. But "Julia" is no such thing (minor spoiler -- the fact that both "Julia" and James have the same initials was a big clue, as was the fact that "Julia" never signs her name -- only her initials), and eventually after Clarissa's worthless Duke husband dies, she and James have a rather sweet romance.I enjoyed this cute little story. Anyone who likes romance should, too, especially if you like Victorian-era romance.
review 2: Historical English second chances short story clean romance with a recently widowed Duchess who finds love for the first time with her longtime correspondent who turns out not be a reclusive older lady, but a very handsome younger man.Lady Clarissa, the widowed Duchess of Lexington has a new life to start now that her arranged marriage is at an end but she doesn't quite know how to get it on when she has never 'dated' in her life which makes this a cute story about first love although the characters are mature older folks which makes the cover nonsensical.25 pages and kindle freebie2 stars less

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