This lady won’t let a savvy duke sway her from her mission.
The Duke of Thornbury, retired agent of the Crown, has never lost a target.
In a flirty game of cat and mouse, a spy must keep his enemy close to unravel the secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
Lady Bronwyn Chase is far from the paragon of society that her mother expects her to be. Which is why she’s on her brother’s passenger liner bound for America with a secret packet of letters that could get her into trouble. Serious trouble—the kind that a duke’s sister shouldn’t be in; the kind that puts spymaster Valentine Medford, the Duke of Thornbury, on her trail. But as the duke gets closer to Bronwyn and the secrets she’s keeping, he’ll have to decide between the mysterious woman who calls to him, or his allegiance to the Crown.
Lady Bronwyn is desperate to do something important instead of being a simple woman and wife. She wants to help those without a voice, so when she finds an opportunity to deliver secret messages to help with the slave trade in America, she jumps (and excels) at the opportunity! Now she is on her biggest mission yet and finds herself on her brothers boat bound for America! Only she didn’t account for the Duke of Thornbury to be on the same ship! Quickly, her plan becomes complicated when Thornbury decides he needs to ‘protect her.’ Bronwyn has had a crush on the Duke since she was a little girl and, now that she is a woman and sees the way Thornbury looks at her, she turns into a witless, harpy!
The Duke of Thornbury is a starchy undercover spy for England who follows the rule book to a T. He is a close friend of Bronwyn’s brother and feels obligated to look after her when he discovers her on the ship bound for America. He has lived a life built around lies (even his first marriage was not real), so he can’t conceive that he would be good enough for Bronwyn. But…some things are too hard to resist and he skins finds that Bronwyn is one of them!
Sometimes I find reviews really hard to write…I try to make notes and capture my emotions as I’m reading…but some books are SO GOOD that I can’t stop reading long enough to eat let alone make any notes! The Duke is Question was one of those books; I was so engrossed in the story and the characters. I haven’t read the first two books in this series, and while it definitively did not stop by enjoyment AT ALL, I can’t wait to read them now. I’m sure it will make the story even better…I’ll really get a sense of the back relationship between Bronwyn and her mother and her and Thornbury. Also the family dynamics with her brother becoming the Duke to spite her mother.
Thornbury and Bronwyn’s firecracker passion was so so explosive! She took what she wanted and didn’t regret her choices or let anyone make her feel lessor for them. I loved that their was definite angst in their relationship, but it didn’t become tedious.I adored this book. Simply loved it. I am mad that it is over and now I need to immediately go read the others in the series!
1865, Historical Romance, Victorian Era, Knife-Wielding Heroine, Damaged/Tortured Heroine, Best Friend Sibling, Unrequited Love, Outdoor Steam, Could Be Caught Steam, Alpha Hero, Grumpy Hero, Protective Hero, Possessive/Jealous Hero, Titled Hero, Bluestocking Heroine, Virgin Heroine, Unexpected Virgin, detective/spy Heroine, Detective/Spy Hero, Forced Proximity, Hidden Identity, Heroine in Danger, Suspense/Danger/Murder, Road Trip Trope, Carriage Steam, Five Star, Four Flame
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