Duke gone rogue : love on holiday #1 / Christy Carlyle.

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Title:

Duke gone rogue : love on holiday #1 / Christy Carlyle.

Author:

Carlyle, Christy, author.

ISBN:

9780063054493

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Physical Description:

355 pages ; 18 cm.

Series:

A love on holiday novel ; [1]

Avon Books historical romance

bk. 1.

Avon romance.

Abstract:

Will Hart, the Duke of Ashmore, is everything his father wasn't: scrupulously honest, forbidding, and joyless. When his sisters concoct a plan for him to visit a run-down family property in Cornwall, he reluctantly agrees, hoping it will be a chance for him to rediscover the carefree man he once was. Madeline Ravenwood believes she can do anything she puts her mind to, including running the gardening business she inherited from her father and being a founding member of the Royal Visit Committee. Maddie find the appearance of a stern, handsome duke is a distraction she doesn't need. Determined to convince the duke to repair his ramshackle manor house in time for the royal visit, Maddie agrees when Will enlists her to join him as he explores Cornwall. But when the burdens of his title reappear, and the differences in their world become all too real, can Will convince Maddie that she's the woman he's been waiting for? -- adapted from back cover.

Subject Term:

Man-woman relationships -- England -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Nobility -- England -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Royal visitors -- Fiction.

Genre:

Love stories.

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Summary

Christy Carlyle dazzles with the first romance in her enchanting Love on Holiday series.

Will Hart, the Duke of Ashmore, is everything his father was not: scrupulously honest, forbidding, and apparently joyless. As a duke, he's a catch, but as a grumpy stick-in-the mud, no lady knows quite how to catch his eye. When his sisters concoct a plan for him to visit a run-down family property in Cornwall, he reluctantly agrees, hoping it will be a chance for him to rediscover the carefree man he once was.

Madeline Ravenwood believes she can do anything she puts her mind to, including running the gardening business she inherited from her father and being a founding member of the Royal Visit Committee. Hard at work preparing for Princess Beatrice's visit to judge their annual flower show, the appearance of a stern, handsome duke is a distraction Maddie doesn't need.

Tasked by the committee to convince the duke to repair his ramshackle manor house in time for the royal visit, he agrees, if she will join him as he explores Cornwall. Spending their days, and nights, together, Will's love for Maddie becomes too strong to ignore. But Maddie knows how different their worlds are and when the burdens of his title reappear, can Will convince her that she's the woman he's been waiting for

Reviews (2)

Kirkus Review

A spinster with a green thumb snags a duke with overgrown gardens. Out in Cornwall, in the small shore town of Haven Cove, the Royal Visit Committee is hard at work. Princess Beatrice is coming to town in two weeks, and no one is more excited than committee co-leader Madeline Ravenwood, who runs her late parents' nursery and almost a dozen other committees in town. She's created a hybrid rose in honor of the princess for a botanical exhibition, and a royal approval could finally turn her business around. Also en route to Haven Cove: Will Hart, Duke of Ashmore, who has been ordered to relax in his family's dilapidated Cornwall estate by his sisters. Exhausted from months of patching up the scandals and schemes his late father unleashed on their family name, he has avoided the Cornwall house for too long because of its notorious reputation and has no idea about the royal visit. When Maddie realizes the duke is in town, however, she visits and tries to convince him to stay and to take care of the estate, if only for the good of the town. He eventually agrees if, in exchange, Maddie will show him her favorite places in Cornwall. The agreement is for platonic relaxation only, of course, but both look forward to the trips more than they should. Even though she is a spinster and he must marry a perfect noblewoman to restore the Ashmore name, their attraction blossoms after a passionate kiss on their first boat ride and continues to bloom. Maddie has sworn only to marry for love, if at all, and Will has to return to London eventually, but as the royal visit draws closer, both find they don't want their time together to end. The first in Carlyle's new Love on Holiday series is catnip for lovers of small-town love stories, with engaging character development and a driven heroine. The beautiful Cornish scenery and botanical details are grace notes on a slightly spicy but mostly sweet story, and readers will look forward to future vacations in the series. A charming Victorian romance by the sea. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Madeline Ravenwood truly believes that Princess Beatrice's visit to Haven Cove could put the small Cornish town on the map. Not to mention the fact that if Beatrice finds favor with Maddie's new hybridized tea rose, Victoria, Maddie's nursery business could get a much-needed financial boost. Given what is at stake, it only makes sense that everyone in Haven Cove is doing everything they can to smarten up the town. Well, everyone except the recently arrived William Hart, the duke of Ashmore. Carnwyth, the Ashmore manor house, is in desperate need of repair, but the vacationing Will insists he doesn't have time to deal with fixing up the place. So, the question now becomes what can Maddie offer the recalcitrant duke in exchange for him falling in line with her town beautification plans? With its charming Cornish setting, lively writing enhanced by a blithe sense of wit, and a memorable cast of characters, Duke Gone Rogue, which kicks off Carlyle's Victorian-set Love on Holiday series, blossoms into an absolute delight