To Dare a Duchess by Tamara Gill
After five long years trapped in the country, newly widowed Nina Granville, Duchess of Exeter, has returned to town to start over. But it was here she committed an indiscretion—one stolen night of pleasure—that would threaten all she holds dear if revealed.
Byron always loved Nina from afar—until the house party that turned his world upside down. Guilt saw him flee England’s shores, and Nina wed to a man old enough to be her grandfather, but now the handsome rogue is back…and ready to claim what is his.
Yet Nina has kept a secret from Byron, one that could threaten their sizzling attraction and sever their longstanding friendship forever. With Byron’s brother determined to reveal the truth, Nina must use her power in the ton to ensure her secret is kept safe. Even at the expense of love…
- File Name:to-dare-a-duchess-by-tamara-gill.epub
- Original Title:To Dare a Duchess (Lords of London Book 5)
- Creator:Tamara Gill
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B07HYT1XHC
- Publisher:Tamara Gill
- Date:2018-12-31T16:00:00+00:00
- File Size:636.136 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Contents
- 3. Copyright
- 4. Keep in contact with Tamara
- 5. Sign up to my newsletter to claim your free ebook!
- 6. Prologue
- 7. Chapter 1
- 8. Chapter 2
- 9. Chapter 3
- 10. Chapter 4
- 11. Chapter 5
- 12. Chapter 6
- 13. Chapter 7
- 14. Chapter 8
- 15. Chapter 9
- 16. Chapter 10
- 17. Chapter 11
- 18. Chapter 12
- 19. Chapter 13
- 20. Epilogue
- 21. To Bedevil a Duke
- 22. To Madden a Marquess
- 23. To Tempt an Earl
- 24. To Vex a Viscount
- 25. To Marry a Marchioness
- 26. Feed an author, leave a review
- 27. Also by Tamara Gill
- 28. About the Author
To Dare a Duchess, Book 5 of the Lords of London series, was about Her Grace Edwina "Nina" (Fox) Granville, Duchess of Exeter, widow of the Duke of Exeter, and Mr. Byron Hill, twin brother to Mr. Andrew Hill. Side Note: Just at the beginning, there were two issues that appeared in the prologue. First was the name of the town in which Nina found herself...Minehead, Kent. Well, if one were to look at the map of England, one would notice that Kent is on one side of the the continent, while Minehead is on the complete opposite. Both of them are coastal towns. Kent is near the River Medway, and Minehead is by the Bristol Channel. Shouldn't an author know these things? Another issue was that the blurbs for the story all said that she had been stuck in the country for five years and was newly widowed. However, in the epilogue of the previous book, the author had the main characters stating that "...Miss Fox is a widow only two years after marrying that decrepit old duke.” Once again, shouldn't an author know the material they write?? The author even had Nina state, "...Maybe you have not heard, but my husband passed away some years ago now.” So how could she be a recent widow? Edwina had been in love with Andrew Hill for as long as she could remember. Since she had expected him to propose to her at a house party they both attended, she decided to seduce him while he was intoxicated. However, the next day, rather than proposing to HER, Andrew had announced his engagement to another woman. Heartbroken, she immediately accepted the marriage offer of the Duke of Exeter, a man old enough to be her grandfather. Upon hearing of her engagement to the duke, Byron, who had been in love with Nina for years, fled to the continent, all the while burying his own secret that he had only shared with his cousin, the Marquess of Aaron. Five years later, Andrew, who was married and living in Ireland, Byron, who had still been on the Continent, and Nina, still living in Kent, had each determined separately that it was time for them to attend a season in London. Andrew with his wife, Byron with his new fiancee...and Nina on her own, all converged at a ball being held by the Marquess of Aaron and his wife, Cecelia. When Byron saw Nina for the first time in all those years, he hadn't realized she was a widow until he had asked her if her husband were with her and she informed him that the man had "passed away some years ago". Everyone who had been involved in the house party years ago were about to be swept up in a horrible scandal when secrets of the past started to unravel, and the one who was in danger of being hurt the most was Nina. Though Byron was the one who figured things out first, his brother, Andrew, was the one who threatened to reveal everything. Byron knew he had to tell Nina the truth about what happened at the house party. He just didn't know how to go about it without losing her. The twists and turns in this book were not unique, but they were definitely fascinating. The angst and drama were a bit overdone, and the humor was lacking. The chemistry and passion between the two main characters were a bit of a surprise, though. The romantic relationship between Byron and Nina happened too fast. After having been absent from each other for five years, they suddenly were attracted to each other? It didn't really make sense because it all happened way too fast to be believable, especially when the secrets and lies never truly got addressed when everything was revealed. The characters were also lacking in that there was just too much that didn't make ssense. Byron loved Nina, ran away for five years instead of standing up and telling what really happened. Nina threw herself at Andrew, who pulled a stunt that set everyone's lives into chaos for five years. Extra characters were involved who were totally unremarkably ill-fitted to the book. It just read like a badly written soap opera that fell flat during the pilot episode and never recovered. Therefore, it definitely did not earn a five-star rating or a place with the Keeper for the Shelves collection.