When the Duke Was Wicked Mass Market Author: Visit Amazon's Lorraine Heath Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0062276220 | Format: PDF
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Heath steals your heart, then takes you on a journey that will leave you torn between tears and joy. (Christina Dodd)
Heath is a consummate storyteller, whose characters leap from the pages. Their powerful emotions and intense passions translate exceptionally well to readers, allowing them to become deeply involved in the fascinating plot and leaving them breathless and wanting more. (RT Book Reviews (top pick) - 4.5 stars - Praise for LORD OF TEMPTATION)
“The Duke of Weddington is perfect hero material. Historical readers will clamor for more.” (Liz Carlyle)
“She writes the most powerfully moving love stories in romance today.” (Jill Barnett, RITA Award-Winner)
“She writes from the heart and it shows!” (The Literary Times)
“Sensitive, funny and altogether enchanting!” (Dallas News)
“Heath is known for her beautiful, deeply emotional romances, and this one is no different. ‘When the Duke Was Wicked’ is a perfect read, full of tears and sighs and a heroine who is shocked by her own strength.” (Washington Post)
“A sparkling, emotionally powerful historical romance.” (Kirkus Reviews)
About the Author
Lorraine Heath wrote her first story at seven, and it involved a fisherman who fell in love with a mermaid. She has since moved on to writing about sexy cowboys and dashing English lords (and sometimes, cleverly, in the same book!). Publishers Weekly says she is a "master of her craft." She is, indeed, and along with being a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, she has won the RITA® Award, three Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards, and a Career Achievement Award.
- Series: Avon Romance
- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Avon (February 25, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0062276220
- ISBN-13: 978-0062276223
- Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I really loved the first series about the parents of these main characters, but this, the first in a new series, was disappointing. The writing was excellent as usual but the storyline is one of my least favourite. The H was married very young to his first love and first everything. He'd fallen in love with her at first sight but she and their baby had died. The h approaches him to help her find true love as according to her, he knows what it is. He had fallen into debauchery since his wife's death 2 years prior and didn't want to help the h initially. They had known each other since they were children. Eventually the H begins to give the h lessons on how to identify true love. He also begins to kiss her and dally with her but all the while doesn't have any intentions of marrying her. The h is aware that he is still in love with his late wife and doesn't want to settle for being second in his life.
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One of the other reviewers says that the H reformed quickly once he starts seeing the h but that isn't true in my opinion. I'd say for nearly half of the book he was still sleeping with other women. I truly hated the way the H was still so in love with his first love for most of the book. We keep hearing about it and at 75% he is still saying to himself that he cares about the h but not the way he did for his wife. The h would always come second in his heart he believes, and says that his heart and soul would always belong to his late wife. I don't want to be reading this so near to the end of the book. What killed me is that he took her innocence after she shared her secrets with him. I truly wanted to throw my Kindle out of the window by this point. After she'd shared her deepest secret, he should have had more honour than to take her innocence, knowing he didn't love her.
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