My dearest duke / Kristin Vayden.

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Author:

Vayden, Kristin, author.

ISBN:

9781728234342

Physical Description:

400 pages ; 18 cm.

Series:

The Cambridge brotherhood

Cambridge brotherhood.

Abstract:

With the new title of Duke, something he never wanted, Rowles Haywind, in desperate need of help, reconnects with Lady Joan Morgan, and as romance blossoms between them, he discovers she is hiding a dark secret that could cause a terrible scandal should it be revealed.

Subject Term:

Nobility -- Fiction.

Secrecy -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Cambridge (England) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Romance fiction.

Historical fiction.

Novels.

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Summary

The bright society of Regency England will sweep you away...if you let it...

Lord Rowles Haywind has always shied away from the spotlight of the dukedom, worried it would bring too much attention to the family secret. Now that he is the new Duke, he needs help navigating glittering society, but he's not sure he can trust anyone. Until he reconnects with Lady Joan Morgan...

Lady Joan has a secret of her own that would stir up a terrible scandal. She longs to tell Rowles the truth about her work, but she's afraid his disapproval would ruin the connection that's blossoming between them. But the longer she waits to tell him, the worse the outcome could be for them both once the truth is out...

Praise for Fortune Favors the Duke:

"Flawless storytelling!"--Rachel Van Dyken, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A duke falls for a spy in Vayden's aimless second Cambridge Brotherhood Regency romance (after Fortune Favors the Duke). Though Lady Joan Morgan's job in the War Office would seem to promise danger, intrigue, and espionage, readers should expect no such excitement in these pages; Joan mostly reviews documents. In comparing herself to her fellow debutantes she declares, "I'm not simpering, limpid, and boring," which--apart from being an unsubstantiated claim--will grate on readers who are tired of heroines that must be unlike other women to be worthy. Joan enjoys intellectual banter with Rowles Haywind, Duke of Westmore, at a ball and the pair quickly develop an affection for each other. But Joan fears a husband would force her to leave her profession and Rowles worries that his addled mother, whose "mind fractured into shards" and who favors her dead son while treating Rowles with contempt, will curtail his future wife's happiness. A tangled mix of unnecessary details and abruptly aborted subplots--including one about a mole in the magistrate's office--only muddy the waters of this unconvincing romance. Declarations of devotion alone do not chemistry make, and readers will struggle to feel the emotion between this spark-less couple. This is one to skip. Agent: Latoya Smith, LCS Literary. (Nov.)

Library Journal Review

As Lord Rowles Haywind, a newly minted duke and former divinity scholar, tries to keep his mentally ill mother safe in his ancestral home, he worries about inheriting the illness himself--or passing it along to his heirs if he ever has any. With his father gone and the ducal duties causing ever more pressure, he turns to his friend's sister, the steady Lady Joan Morgan. Joan is searching for answers to a secret that could change her life, and identity, forever, and is afraid to share with Rowles that she works as "the Saint," a codebreaker for the crown. As Rowles and Joan fall in love, they must work together to overcome their own personal scandals and tragedies. Thankfully they have their faith, friends, and each other. VERDICT Vayden's second book in the "Cambridge Brotherhood" series (following Fortune Favors the Duke) is a closed-door Regency-era romance with Christian elements that contains lovely writing and some surprisingly heavy themes, especially regarding mental illness, which is identified as dementia in the afterword.--Elizabeth Gabriel