(Ok, honestly, he is terrible to her at the first meeting, but a reader can be assured that only lasts a moment.) Based on his obsession-laden appearances in previous books, I hadn’t expected to like him so much. When he first met Esme, I worried he would be a total jerk to her. Marcus was more thoughtful and self-examining than I had expected. We finally find out what Marcus has been doing during the timeline of the other books in the series. Both had their expected lives pulled out from under them and yet managed to be caring people. I enjoyed the different emphasis in the story as some of the historical issues of the time are explored.Īnd I loved Marcus and Esme. While adjacent to the world of ballrooms, this book takes place in the shadowy places of London. It has more of a historical spy feel as Marcus and Esme try to determine who has been plotting to kill Queen Victoria. And the reality is that the two begin to realize that there is a strong attraction between them. Marcus and Esme discover that their preconceptions of the other don’t fit the reality. While she doesn’t want to work with Marcus, she has no choice but to join him in searching for the conspiracy.
Esme Lancaster is also looking at who else was involved in the conspiracy for her own reasons. At a dead end, he goes to the person he has avoided approaching - the woman reputed to be his father’s mistress. Now Marcus is working to uncover his father’s co-conspirators. His future is smashed when his father is hanged for an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria, and the family’s titles and properties are stripped from them. THE STORY: Marcus Stanwick has prepared his whole life to become the Duke of Wolfford.
I loved this book because the darkness in both the main characters brings them together, yet there is something sweet and light between them. The Return of the Duke (Once Upon a Dukedom, #3) by Lorraine HeathįINAL DECISION: A historical spy novel with a woman of questionable morals at the center.
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