Series: Wicked Dukes Club, #2
Tropes & Traits: titled hero; class difference; second chance
Publication Date: 04.30.19
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; London, England, 1817
Rating: 5 stars
Well-educated governess Isabelle Cortland thought never to again lay eyes on Valentine Fairfax, the Duke of Eastleigh, after they shared a night of passion 10 years ago during Val's days at Oxford, where Isabelle's father was a warden. Now she and her charges and employer are guests in Eastleigh's London townhouse for a fortnight during which she hopes to avoid him. Isabelle has long dreamed of opening a school for girls and she can't risk her reputation now, not even for the man she's never forgotten.
After wading through a terrible marriage with a wife who wasn't faithful to him, Val has been wary of the temptations of women. He won't risk love again and yet when the woman he's never gotten over turns up in his house it seems like a gift and he doesn't want to squander it. Things have always been different with Isabelle and if there's a chance for them to make each other happy, maybe they should take it. They both just have to decide to take that risk.
I usually have mixed feelings about second chance romances because I just wind up feeling sad about all the wasted time they could've been together and weren't. These two loved each other since they first met but it took them ten years and much heartbreak to realize it and I think that made the timing work. When they were reunited, it rapidly became apparent to both of them that they couldn't be apart again and that was lovely. They were both vulnerable and both took a chance on risking their hearts anyway and questioning what they thought their dreams were.
We're introduced to a couple more characters in this one that I think we'll be seeing later on in the series and I can't wait. I loved this one and I think we're off to a great start so far.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
After wading through a terrible marriage with a wife who wasn't faithful to him, Val has been wary of the temptations of women. He won't risk love again and yet when the woman he's never gotten over turns up in his house it seems like a gift and he doesn't want to squander it. Things have always been different with Isabelle and if there's a chance for them to make each other happy, maybe they should take it. They both just have to decide to take that risk.
I usually have mixed feelings about second chance romances because I just wind up feeling sad about all the wasted time they could've been together and weren't. These two loved each other since they first met but it took them ten years and much heartbreak to realize it and I think that made the timing work. When they were reunited, it rapidly became apparent to both of them that they couldn't be apart again and that was lovely. They were both vulnerable and both took a chance on risking their hearts anyway and questioning what they thought their dreams were.
We're introduced to a couple more characters in this one that I think we'll be seeing later on in the series and I can't wait. I loved this one and I think we're off to a great start so far.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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