The Good, the Bad, and the Duke
The Cavensham Heiresses
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4.4 • 14 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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A lady with a noble mission. A duke looking for redemption. A forbidden love that cannot be denied, in The Good, The Bad, and The Duke by Janna MacGregor.
Lady Daphne Hallworth is ready to celebrate the holidays with her family. But when they accidentally leave her home alone, Daphne uses the time to work on her dream—opening a home for unwed mothers. But her quest isn’t problem-free: She’s in a battle to win the property for the home against her brother’s best friend-turned-enemy, Paul Barstowe, Duke of Southart. And that’s not all: someone has stolen her personal diary, which holds secrets that could devastate her family. Daphne has always harbored private feelings for the man her family scorns…though perhaps striking a bargain with the handsome Duke will solve both their problems?
Paul, long considered good for nothing, aims to open a hospital to honor his brother and restore his reputation. So when a conflict over the land brings him straight into Daphne’s life, they make a deal: He will help her find her diary if Daphne can change her family’s opinion of him. But before he can win her family’s affection, he has to win hers first. Maybe love was the answer to their family feud all along?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
MacGregor's fourth Cavensham Heiresses historical (after The Luck of the Bride) effervesces with lighthearted romance and holiday cheer. Lady Daphne, sister to a marquis, is accidentally left behind at Christmastime when her boisterous family decamps from London to their country estate. Choosing to make the best of the situation, she spends quality time with her journal, the keeper of her deepest secrets. When that journal is stolen, she ends up on the steps of a notorious gambling hell with only her brother's estranged best friend to save her from infamy. Paul, Duke of Southart, dedicated his life to scandal until the untimely death of his father and older brother. Now his goal is to repair his image. When he finds Daphne about to lead herself to ruin, he steps in to save her from herself and possibly repair his relationship with her brother. This romance is sweet and sultry in equal measures, and endearing characters bring the story to life.
Customer Reviews
Lovely combination of reformed rake & friends to lovers
I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. The Good, The Bad And The Duke is the fourth book in Janna MacGregor’s Cavensham Heiresses series. I do think you need to read all of the books in this series in order to get a proper understanding of the hero of this book. Paul Barstowe has recently become the Duke of Southart after first losing his beloved older brother to rheumatic fever and his definitely not beloved father as well. Paul’s reaction to not being accepted by his father has been to behave in the worst possible manner leading him to star as the villain in the other books of the series, despite this he is the one to Lady Daphne Hallworth younger sister of his estranged childhood best friend. She has always seen the good in him and when Daphne’s private journal is stolen Paul vows to get it back for her and in doing so hopes to repair the damage done to friendships that meant much to him. Lovely combination of reformed rake and friends to lovers. Medium Steam Publishing Date November 27, 2018
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