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| Original Title: | A Duke of Her Own |
| ISBN: | 006162683X (ISBN13: 9780061626838) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Desperate Duchesses #6 |
| Characters: | Lady Eleanor Lindel, Leopold Dautry, Duke of Villiers, Lady Lisette Elys, Tobias "Thorn" Dautry, Gideon, Duke of Astley |
| Setting: | London, England,1784(United Kingdom) |
Eloisa James
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 386 pages Rating: 4.11 | 9733 Users | 602 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Duke of Her Own (Desperate Duchesses #6) |
| Author | : | Eloisa James |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 386 pages |
| Published | : | July 28th 2009 by Avon |
| Categories | : | Romance. Historical Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Regency |
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A DUKE MUST CHOOSE WISELY...Leopold Dautry, the notorious Duke of Villiers, must wed quickly and nobly—and his choices, alas, are few. The Duke of Montague's daughter, Eleanor, is exquisitely beautiful and fiercely intelligent. Villiers betroths himself to her without further ado.
After all, no other woman really qualifies. Lisette, the outspoken daughter of the Duke of Gilner, cares nothing for clothing or decorum. She's engaged to another man, and doesn't give a fig for status or title. Half the ton believes Lisette mad—and Villiers is inclined to agree.
Torn between logic and passion, between intelligence and imagination, Villiers finds himself drawn to the very edge of impropriety. But it is not until he's in a duel to the death, fighting for the reputation of the woman he loves, that Villiers finally realizes that the greatest risk may not be in the dueling field...
But in the bedroom. And the heart.
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Ratings: 4.11 From 9733 Users | 602 ReviewsDiscuss Appertaining To Books A Duke of Her Own (Desperate Duchesses #6)
Lady Eleanor is still pining for a former lover so she won't marry anyone less than a Duke. The Duke of Villiers is in need of a wife and won't settle for anyone less than a Duke's daughter. Obviously there needs to be more angst, so let's throw in the "mad" Lisette and Eleanor's former lover and animal cruelty and bastard children to make things more exciting. 1. The handling of Lisette, the "mad" rival, was...not great. The text seems to lean heavily on the idea that Lisette is unable to formReading this book was such a weird experience. It was addicting but at the same time I didn't like or care about the couple or their romance. I read about the witty dialogues in other reviews but at times it felt more like rude and cruel to me. I also never enjoy love triangles, and this was one was even worse, since love wasn't even involved. I basically liked his children and the dog. The end of the book was great but it felt like I was reading a different book. It had nothing to do with the
The Desperate Duchesses series was very up and down for me and this last book was the most up and down of all; one minute I enjoyed it, the next I was bored, the next I wanted to throw it against the wall.The book starts off with a bang, a dramatic, sensual moment between the Duke of Villiers, who is looking for a mother for his numerous illegitimate children, and Eleanor, a spinster who has never recovered from her first love marrying another woman. This mislead me about how the rest of the
So I started the book thinking: OMG finally a book about Villiers!!! Hes like Batman of the 1700s or something! The previous book showed him being all superhero on the dudes who used the orphans and stuff. I can see a comic book coming out of this:So after this I start the book. And I stare. And keep on staring. And final I ask the big question: where is the true Villiers? This one is a fake!Yep! It seemed to me like that. Like the character I so far admired disappeared and left this little man
Rating: A ... Heat: HotThis was book was... fantastic. And so different from the usual HR. So different.For starters, the hero has six illegitimate children. And he is no longer content to let them be raised in orphanages or suffer on the streets. So Leopold, the Duke of Villiers, is finding his children, one by one, and bringing them home with him. To be raised properly and eventually introduced into society... Which is why he needs a wife. And not just any wife will do; he needs one who 1) is
I'm sorry, Eloisa, but I just didn't care for the book. Some of the dialogue was hysterical, but the characters just didn't do it for me. I can't get into a hero who has "6 pieces of accidental baggage" and not even the same quantity in ounces of personality. I like reading men I myself would be in a danger of falling for, and he was SO not that! I didn't know it until now, but I much prefer stories that revolve around one man and one woman. Not a weird triangle like this had. I read to escape
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