Forever
Featuring: Eleanora Hatfield; Wrexham Duke of Elsmore
ISBN: 1538700271 EAN: 9781538700273 Kindle: B07P8LNMS7 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Eleanora Hatfield is a smart independent woman who has known true poverty. Her comfortable existence working at the bank owned by a powerful duke lets her observe the peerage intimately but also from a safe distance. Ellie’s abilities with numbers and skill with identifying errors make Ellie a formidable business asset, but she’s surprised when the owner of a different bank, the Duke of Elsmore, seeks out her help with an important matter.
Wrexham, Duke of Elsmore, has discovered that someone somewhere amongst his vast properties, familial allowances, or business ventures, is fleecing him. With sisters who have suitors, nosy Aunts trying to marry him off, and keeping himself in impressive attire, Rex knows any errors in his finances could result in financial ruin, and it would affect his entire family’s reputation. Ellie is someone he can trust to figure out the source of his money troubles, and it doesn’t hurt that she’s incredibly intriguing. Ellie is cautious to get close to the duke, but that doesn’t change that she’s interested in getting to know him beyond his numerous properties throughout England, the continent and beyond.
As they spend more time going over Rex’s accounts, they get to know each other and their attraction grows. But Ellie won’t tell Rex about her family or her past, making him wonder what she’s hiding. And as Ellie gets closer to discovering what’s truly going on behind the Duke’s back, she’s worried that when they find the source of the missing money, they won’t have any reason to see each other again…
Reading a new Grace Burrowes novel is like reuniting with old friends – and not just because you get a glimpse into the lives of characters from previous books! Burrowes has a way with words that feels comfortable; the people in her books are fully fleshed out, with their own idiosyncrasies and habits, but also contradictions and complex world views. What I enjoyed about FOREVER AND A DUKE, and most of Burrowes’ other novels, is how there’s never any question about the hero and heroine’s attraction and eventual love. Normally there are outside forces keeping them apart, be it the past rearing its ugly head, questions of class, or actual distance. So while we, as romance readers, know an HEA is going to happen, the journey Eleanora and Rex take to get to theirs is worth the read. Ellie is a wonderfully intelligent and matter-of-fact heroine. She’s good at math, recognizes errors with ease, and from her family’s scandalous past associations with criminal activity, Ellie understands the betrayal Rex will eventually discover once her audit is complete. Rex is confident, assured, and used to his lifestyle, and when Ellie becomes someone he needs to ensure the livelihood of his family and reputation, he’s taken aback as well as fascinated by this closely-guarded woman. They mystery of Rex’s financial distress isn’t all that surprising, and Ellie’s solution to her own family problems is a hasty decision on her part, but their road to falling in love is sweet and satisfying.
A duke meets his match in the last place he'd ever expect in this charming Regency romance by the New York Times bestselling author of My One and Only Duke.
Wrexham, Duke of Elsmore, is overrun by family obligations. With three sisters to escort about Town, a legion of cousins to look after, and aunties who insist he dance with every eligible young woman, he barely has time to manage his dukedom. When he finally carves out a moment to evaluate his family's finances, he learns that he--and his sisters--are on the verge of social catastrophe.
Eleanora Hatfield has an uncanny knack for numbers, but she knows from experience that dealing with the peerage can only lead to problems. Though she wants nothing to do with any titled gentleman, she reluctantly agrees to help when Rex seeks aid from her employer. What starts out as an unwanted assignment soon leads to forbidden kisses and impossible longings. But with scandal haunting Ellie's past and looming in Rex's future, how can true love lead to anything but heartbreak?
Includes the bonus story "The Lady in Red" by Kelly Bowen!
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