The Duke
A Devil's Duke Novel
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
One of Amazon's Best Romances of 2017!
“A romance that Kathleen Woodiwiss herself would be proud to have written.”—Booklist (starred)
Katharine Ashe continues her lush and sensual Devil’s Duke series with a sweeping story of unbreakable love.
Six years ago, when Lady Amarantha Vale was an innocent in a foreign land and Gabriel Hume was a young naval officer, they met . . . and played with fire.
Now Gabriel is the dark lord known to society as the Devil’s Duke, a notorious recluse hidden away in a castle in the Highlands. Only Amarantha knows the truth about him, and she won’t be intimidated. He is the one man who can give her the answers she needs.
But Gabriel cannot let her learn his darkest secret. So begins a game of wit and desire that proves seduction is more satisfying—and much more wicked—the second time around…
“This is historical romance at its best.”—All About Romance
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ashe's enjoyable third Devil's Duke novel (after The Pirate and I) features two bold adventurers: Gabriel Hume, a captain in the British Royal Navy and second son of a duke, and Lady Amarantha Vale, daughter of an earl. Believing herself in love, Amarantha follows her fianc , Rev. Paul Garland, a condescending missionary, to Jamaica. There, a hurricane traps her for a night in a cellar with Gabriel, who begins courting her. Later, mistakenly believing Gabriel perished at sea, Amarantha commits to an unsatisfactory marriage with Paul, but within five years he's died and she returns to Scotland a widow. Once reunited, Gabriel and Amarantha engage in spirited banter, each keeping secrets and resisting the other, while the spark between them reignites, culminating in passionate and playful sex scenes. The novel adroitly addresses social justice issues of the time: Gabriel, now a reclusive, feared duke, secretly shelters abused (and highly independent, self-governing) women on one of his estates, while Amarantha helps her Jamaican friend Tabitha write a memoir about fleeing the threat of slavery. Subplots include the development of romances between two appealing interracial couples. Likable lovers, witty dialogue, intriguing supporting characters, and a zippy pace result in a lively page-turner.
Customer Reviews
EPIC!
PHENOMENAL!!!
This was a fantastic story, Gabriel Hume fell in love with the spirited young Lady Amarantha Vale while in Jamaica. Although she’s betrothed to Paul a missionary he confesses his love to her and asks her to end the betrothal and wait for him. Through a deceitful lie from his cousin with news of his death bring Amarantha great sorrow and heartbreak. Her life has no meaning without the man she had given her youthful heart so she goes ahead with the marriage.
Years later she’s a widow and not a young impressionable woman, she’s looking for Penelope Baker her sister in law who disappears without a trace but clues will lead her to the man that broke her heart! She will stop at nothing to find her friend even if she has to come face to face with the Devil Duke!
An intricate story with many secrets that are finally revealed, an EPIC LOVE that has been through the test of time and still simmers to a boiling point. Gabriel *sigh* is such an honourable, strong, amazing man that stayed true to the only woman he’s loved and honoured her as a person, while she tries to understand and trust her heart once again. Where can I get such a man!
Swoon worthy moment when Gabe professes his undying devotion to her with these words - “ if I were buried in a box underground an’ you walked along the street above I would know you were near. If I were at the bottom o’ the sea an’ you sailed overhead, I would know it was your shadow passing across the sun.....”
An exceptionally well written book, spellbinding in its descriptive scenery will have you holding your breath! A love story that will definitely pull at every string of emotions!
I received a complimentary copy from the author and publisher through Edelweiss for my honest opinion.