Series: The Rogue Files, #5
Tropes & Traits: frustrating heroine; titled hero, widower
Genre/Setting: Historical (Regency); England
Publication Date: 10.22.19
Heat Level: 3.5/5
Rating: 3/5 stars
Former governess Marian Langley now finds herself in dire straits since her father's death. She and her three younger siblings are left with nothing and she's responsible for their care. Marian decides to do the only thing she can think of to earn the necessary funds and maintain her freedom: she will become a sought-after mistress. For that she needs a tutor and who better than the depraved duke himself.
Nathaniel, Duke of Warrington, is fine with seeing to his needs with paid professionals, the more impersonal the better. When Marian proposes he tutor her whilst leaving her virtue intact, Nate finds himself agreeing to the entertainment, until their simple lessons threaten his careful control and he sends her away.
Marian fights her growing attachment to Nate, but soon the jig is up when a loathsome man threatens to expose her and ruin her family unless she marries him. Nate never wanted to remarry after losing his wife in childbirth, but neither can he bear to see Marian with another man. But once they are married, Nate still may not be able to give his whole heart and Marian will settle for nothing less.
I was unsure about this one at first, mostly because Marian frustrated me. Her refusal to communicate with her siblings exacerbated some of her problems, and yet I could also see where she was coming from, though a lot of her reasoning was rather nonsensical. Nate was aloof and not that likable until suddenly he was. The last 25% or so made this book for me and now I find myself looking forward to the next in the series.
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