Sunday, May 10

Blodeuedd Reviews: The Way to a Duke's Heart by Caroline Linden

Blurb:
Charles de Lacey, Lord Gresham, is running out of time, running from his responsibilities, and running from love.
Destined to be a duke, Charles de Lacey has led a life of decadent pleasure, free of any care for propriety or responsibility. It comes as a terrible shock to learn that he might be stripped of everything, thanks to his father's scandalous past. He has no choice but to find the blackmailer who would ruin him—and his only link to the villain is a woman who may be part of the plot…
To save his fortune and title, he vows he'll stop at nothing—in fact, he's all too eager to unravel the beautiful, tart-tongued Tessa Neville. She intrigues him and tempts him like no other lady ever has. With only his heart to guide him, and keenly aware that his entire future is at stake, Charles must decide: is she the woman of his dreams, or an enemy in disguise?


My thoughts:
I read book 1 not that long ago, and was all, hey what about the mystery? Aye it took book 3, the last book, to find out about it all.
Charles is about to lose his dukedom if he is a bastard. Yes that if part is the question. Was his dad married before and when did that wife die? Was he married to two women? Ohh the plot thickens and I got my answers.
Back to Charles, he finds a lead and that lead leads him to a beautiful smart woman named Tessa. Is Tessa the one blackmailing them, or?
Charles, I was not a fan of him in book 1, but here I got to understand why he was like he was. And I did like him. As for Tessa, of course I liked her too. She was smart and her family said she thought like a man. Well good for you.
They meet. She is annoyed by him. He is intrigued. They start to fall for each other. Oh you know the history ;)

Conclusion:
A fun romantic story.

Cover
good


Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
Published August 28th 2012 by Avon
The Truth About the Duke #3
Historical romance

Own

2 comments:

Blodeuedd said...

*waves*

Anachronist said...

Not for me. By the way you lost me here:

Back to Charles, he finds a lead and that lead leads him to a beautiful smart woman named Tessa.

Lead? Leads? Editor action please ?