Twenty-something self proclaimed spinster Tabitha Timmons
enjoys her life. She likes living in a Vicarage, spending
time with her spinster friends and her dedication to The
Society for the Temperance and Improvement of Kempton.
Tabitha has no expectation that her friends or she will
ever marry they come from Kempton after all. The Kempton
Curse is century's old myth that any nuptials to a woman
from Kempton will end in disaster. However what are myths
without a hero/heroine? This heroine is a charming Vicar's
daughter who unexpectedly becomes an heiress of a vast
fortune and inherits a fiancé.
The Duke of Preston is a rake and rogue. He thumbs his nose
at tradition and duty, instead enjoying fast races and high
stakes gambling. Wherever Preston goes scandal follows and
that's just the way he likes it. Until a chance occurrence
with a group of spinsters causes Preston to abandon his
previous intentions so he heads to London for "the
season".
Tabitha doesn't have time for balls, she wants to meet and
marry her betrothed so she can inherit before her 25th
birthday. She doesn't care that her betrothed Mr. Reginald
Barkworth is a dull, duty driven gentleman she just wants
to get it done and move on with her life. Meanwhile The
Duke of Preston who is rarely seen at "ton" events begins
showing up at balls to catch "Tabby's" eye and ensure she
doesn't make a dreadful mistake by entering a loveless
marriage of
convenience.
ALONG CAME A DUKE is a tale as old as time. A story of a
good girl who meets a bad boy that makes her desire to
become a little bit naughty. I dearly love and adore
Elizabeth Boyle's works. I have read and own virtually
everything she has published that
is why this review is probably the hardest one I will have
to write. It's not that I didn't like ALONG COMES A DUKE it
just didn't live up to my expectation. I feel like I have
read this story line so often that it has become
predictable, however the characters penned by Boyle are
lovable and quick witted, and will leave readers yearning
for their happily ever after.
“A young lady with a fortune is subject to all sorts of untoward attentions by the worst sort of vagrants.” Aunt Allegra A lesson Tabitha Timmons, a penniless spinster, has never needed to heed. That is, until she is left a vast fortune payable only upon her marriage to the very respectable Mr. Barkworth—a match that offers little chance of discovering exactly what her aunt means by "untoward attentions." But the same can't be said when the Duke of Preston happens along Tabitha's path. He spies a rebellious streak in her that matches his own and he makes it his mission to save her from such a passionless match, interfering in her life at every turn. All too soon, Preston—whose very name spells ruin—has Tabitha caught between the good fortune that guarantees her security, and his kiss, which promises an entirely different kind of happily-ever-after.
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