When the Duke Was Wicked Author: Lorraine Heath | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DB3A89G | Format: PDF
When the Duke Was Wicked Description
They are England's most eligible bachelors, with the most scandalous reputations. But for the right woman, even an unrepentant rogue may mend his ways . . .
Lady Grace Mabry's ample inheritance has made it impossible for her to tell whether a suitor is in love with her— or enamored of her riches. Who better to distinguish beau from blackguard than her notorious childhood friend, the Duke of Lovingdon?
With no interest in marriage, Lovingdon has long lived only for pleasure. He sees little harm in helping Grace find a proper match. He simply has to teach the lovely innocent all the ploys a scoundrel uses to gain a woman's favor— by demonstrating his wicked ways. But as lessons lead to torrid passion and Grace becomes ensnared in another man's marriage plot, Lovingdon must wage a desperate gamble: Open his heart fully—or risk losing the woman he adores . . .
- File Size: 801 KB
- Print Length: 389 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0062276220
- Publisher: Avon (February 25, 2014)
- Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DB3A89G
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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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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