The Summer Duke by Jillian Eaton
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Regina has everything a woman in the ton could possibly want. A beautiful manor. A generous allowance. A handsome duke. But the one thing she secretly yearns for she fears she will never have…her husband’s love.
Forced to marry Regina after they were discovered in a passionate embrace, the Duke of Glenmoore has hardly spoken a word to his wife since their wedding night. Instead he’s spent the past three months drinking, gambling, and trying to forget he ever said, ‘I Do’.
But when the duke falls from his horse and is confined to bedrest, Regina suddenly becomes much more difficult to ignore. Especially after an impulsive kiss rekindles the fires of their desire. She may not be the wife he wants…but is she the woman he needs?
- File Name:the-summer-duke-by-jillian-eaton.epub
- Original Title:The Summer Duke (A Duke for All Seasons Book 3)
- Creator:Jillian Eaton
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B07QDZZ3NP
- Date:2019-07-06T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:196.367 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Other Titles by Jillian Eaton
- 2. Chapter One
- 3. Chapter Two
- 4. Chapter Three
- 5. Chapter Four
- 6. Chapter Five
- 7. Chapter Six
- 8. Chapter Seven
- 9. Chapter Eight
- 10. Chapter Nine
- 11. A Duke for All Seasons
- 12. About the Author
- 13. Runaway Duchess
- Description
Jillian Eaton
Book author Jillian Eaton28fans
Loved the book, but I would have preferred a little more chapters especially to have one wherein the Duke begs to earn her love and respect
The Summer Duke, Book 3 of A Duke for All Seasons series, was about His Grace Andrew Miles Grisham, the Duke of Glenmoore, and Regina "Gina" Mallen, the daughter of the Earl of Mallen, a bookish wallflower whose face had a healthy dose of freckles. Side Note: All of the grammatical errors made this book a bit more difficult to read than it should have been. Having to discern which words the author meant to use was a bit taxing on the brain. It should never be that hard to determine what the author is trying to say. Regina, being a wallflower as well as a bookworm, always took a book or two with her to social events, such as the ball she attended where the Duke of Glenmoore asked her to walk the room with him. Having realized she had misplaced her reticule in which she had placed her favorite book, they went in search of it. Finding it in the library, Andrew and Regina shared a kiss...or two and then were caught. In order to save not only her reputation but that of her twin sisters, she lied and said that they had just gotten engaged. Angry for having been trapped (even though she didn't mean to do so, that she had only been trying to save her family from scandal), Andrew did nothing to disagree with her, but then said, yes, they would be married, but it would be in name only. After three months of marriage, during which time Regina hadn't seen or spoken with her new husband because, immediately after the wedding, Andrew had put Regina in a carriage and sent her to his country estate, while he stayed in London, her best friend, Kitty arrived at her home for an extended visit. So, somewhere between Kitty's visit and the ending, there should have been more going on, but nothing was really ever done. From that first ball where two kisses were shared to the ending the book just...flopped. Sure, there was angst and a bit of drama, but the author wants the reader to believe two kisses, then silence for three months, then some shouting matches between the Hero and the Heroine should lead to a Happily Ever After? In whose fantasy world does this even make any sense? Not mine. Yes, it was a good book...but not completely believable. Regina forgave him way too fast for his all too abrupt turnaround. No one changes that fast and gets forgiven so easily for such hurtful words, actions, and deeds...and boy oh boy did Andrew pile them all on poor Regina's shoulders no matter how many times or different ways she apologized for trapping him. Andrew never did answer Regina's question about where he'd been for the first three months of their marriage, or what he had been doing. He was not held accountable for his misdeeds. Neither one of them got to know the other in the book...at least for the reader to see. What happened to the several weeks it was going to take for Andrew's legs to heal? The author didn't reveal that to the reader. This definitely did not earn a 5-star rating or a place with the Keeper for the Shelves collection. It needed more substance, and the characters needed to be fleshed out more.