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Duke of My Heart by Kelly Bowen
Series : Season for Scandal #1
Scandal can be handled...
Captain Maximus Harcourt, the unconventional tenth Duke of
Alderidge, can deal with tropical storms, raging seas, and
the fiercest of pirates. But he's returned home from his
latest voyage to find a naked earl—quite inconveniently
deceased—tied to his missing sister's bed. And he has only
one place to turn. Now he's at the mercy of the captivating
Miss Ivory Moore of Chegarre & Associates, known
throughout London for smoothing over the most dire of
scandals.
Miss Moore treats the crisis as though it were no more
serious than a cup of spilt tea on an expensive rug. As
though this sort of thing happened on the job every day. Max
has never in all his life met a woman with such nerve. Her
dark eyes are too wide, her mouth is too full, her
cheekbones too sharp. Yet together, she's
somehow...flawless. It's just like his love for her,
imperfect, unexpected—yet absolutely true.
This was my first Kelly Bowen book(yay for finally reading something
from my physical tbr!) and I'm so excited that I've got a whole
backlist that I could read through soon because I really enjoyed
this one!
It starts out with a bang with our MC called in to fix up a scandalous
scene that involves a dead Earl tied up on the bed of a debutante. And
things take a turn when the missing debutante's brother - the Duke of
Alderidge shows up and he's not too keen on some stranger ordering him
around. Max is better at being a sea captain than a duke and after
being away for many years he finds it hard to believe that his little
sister could be involved in something like this. But after seeing
Ivory calmly manage the situation, he slowly begins to trust her and
they work together to find out the whereabouts of his sister Beatrice.
Honestly, I love seeing a competent and talented protagonist in my HR
books who shows the hero how things are done😂 I love seeing the
moment when the male protagonists realize that she should be the one
doing this because she's better at it. Both Ivy and Max have
complicated pasts that have shaped their characters but I loved how
they saw each other beyond that. Max is also very caring and he
thought that he was doing the best for his family. When he realizes
his mistakes he's willing to make up for them.
The mystery subplot involving his sister was also quite interesting
and had me turning the pages, but the romance remains the main focus
in this one. I did want an epilogue though because that was missing
😆
Overall this was an amazing historical romance read and I'm really
excited to read the other books in the series now!❣️✨
You can also find this review on my bookstagram here
Award-winning author Kelly Bowen grew up in Manitoba, Canada, and
attended the University of Manitoba, where she earned Bachelor of
Science and Master of Science degrees in veterinary studies. She
worked as a research scientist before realizing her dream to be a
writer of historical fiction. Currently, Kelly lives in Winnipeg
with her husband and two sons.
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