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Not the Duke's Darling
Not the Duke's Darling | Elizabeth Hoyt
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'Hoyt's writing is almost too good to be true' Lisa Kleypas New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt brings us the first book in her sexy and sensual Greycourt Series! Freya de Moray is many things: a member of the secret order of Wise Women, the daughter of disgraced nobility, and a chaperone living under an assumed name. What she is not is forgiving. So when the Duke of Harlowe - the man who destroyed her brother and led to the downfall of her family - appears at the country house party she's attending, she does what any Wise Woman would do: she starts planning her revenge. Christopher Renshaw, the Duke of Harlowe, is being blackmailed. Intent on keeping his secrets safe, he agrees to attend a house party where he will put an end to this coercion once and for all. Until he recognises Freya, masquerading amongst the party revellers, and realises his troubles have just begun. Freya knows all about his sins. Sins he'd much rather forget. But she's also fiery, bold, and sensuous - a temptation he can't resist. When it becomes clear Freya is in grave danger, he'll risk everything to keep her safe. But first, Harlowe will have to earn Freya's trust - by whatever means necessary. Features a bonus novella from New York Times bestselling author Grace Burrowes!
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Kanarthi
Not the Duke's Darling | Elizabeth Hoyt
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Starting off Hoyt's new series, this enemies-to-lovers was engaging. I looooove Hoyt's incorporation of fairy tales into chapter headers, and she chose a tale which bounced interestingly off the main plot. The family drama which she's setting up for this series is nicely enticing. However, the alternate history with secret societies of witches and witch-hunters felt a little out of place. It's a historical romance; you don't have ADD misogyny.

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balletbookworm
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This is an enemies-to-lovers-with-a-second-chance romance that dabbles a bit in secret societies (this one doesn‘t go in for sex cults like the one at the end of Maiden Lane, thank god). I liked Freya but I really liked how Hoyt dug into questions of how women were treated in marriage - legally - in the 18th century and how Christopher chooses to allow Freya to make up her own mind without getting overly possessive or seducing her into agreement.

balletbookworm A solid, fast-moving start to Hoyt‘s new series. Plus there‘s a cute dog, which is a bit of a requirement in a Hoyt novel anymore. (edited) 5y
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