Lady Diana Wylder and the Duke of Sheffield are two of a kind, and their families intend to settle them down. Lady Diana's mother chooses staid Lord Crump for her husband, and Sheffield's cousin and mentor recommends bookish Lady Enid. Even King George is behind Sheffield's match. While Sheffield contrives a way to get out of his marriage, Diana is determined to go through with hers and become the reserved marchioness her mother and sisters want her to be.
WHEN THE DUKE FOUND LOVE is a fun and romantic tale of two people who vow not to get married to each other and change their minds when it's too late. Diana and Sheffield are practically family; her sisters are married to his cousin, and her mother relies on another cousin to help her with difficult decisions. No matter how Diana tries to avoid Sheffield, they keep running into each other, and she can't help but compare the fun-loving duke to the overly proper Lord Crump.
Author Isabella Bradford created two vivacious and willful characters, then stacked up the obstacles against them. How on earth can these two get out of their very publicly announced betrothals without bringing scandal upon themselves and their families? Diana also has very strong motives for going along with the marriage her mother has arranged for her. We all know how a romance is supposed to end, but Bradford kept me in suspense until the final pages.
I recommend WHEN THE DUKE FOUND LOVE for readers who enjoy historical, and particularly Georgian romances.
The spirited Wylder sisters continue to scandalize the ton
in Isabella Bradfordβs witty and winsome trilogy. This time,
the most impulsive of the siblings meets her match: a
charming rake determined to save her from an arranged marriage.
The youngest of the Wylder girlsβand the last left
unwedβLady Diana is also the most willful, a trait thatβs
leading her ever closer to dishonorable disaster. While her
familyβs solution is a fast and excruciatingly respectable
marriage, Diana canβt imagine being wed to the very staid
and dull Lord Crump. But while wedding plans are being made,
a chance meeting at a gala turns Dianaβs world upside down.
A kiss from a dazzling stranger gives Diana a most intimate
introduction to one of the tonβs most resolute and
scandalous bachelors, the Duke of Sheffield. Torn between
family duty and her heartβs desire, Diana recklessly
surrenders to the headiest of passions, recognizing that she
has found a kindred soul in the handsome young duke. Soon
itβs clear that seduction is no longer the game: Something
deep and lasting has come to bind their hearts, and the
stakes are nothing less than true love.
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