Title: Love, The Duke
Author: Amelia Grey
Genre: Romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
When the Duke of Hurstbourne receives a letter from his childhood friend asking him to marry his sister Ophelia, Hurst declines. He’s not adverse to taking a bride, but he believes in love at first sight that stirs his desire―not marriage sight-unseen.
Adhering to society’s strict propriety for ladies, Ophelia Stowe has no choice but to present herself as a man to seek the Duke of Hurstbourne’s favor. If not for the dire situation she finds herself in, she wouldn’t have asked for help from the handsome man who had rebuffed her. When the alluring duke’s response is a plan of his own, Ophelia never dreams it would be a proposal of a marriage of convenience.
But the stakes are high, and the good name of the Stowe family will be damaged if a missing antiquity isn’t found. When she accepts his offer, she quickly finds she isn’t immune to the passion building between her and her new husband―or how real the marriage begins to feel.
This was an okay read, but the two main characters were both needlessly headstrong and stubborn, refusing to see the other’s point of view or bend at all. That didn’t really work for me, in fact, it had me skimming at times just so I could get through the sections I found pointless. This wasn’t bad, I just didn’t really connect with the characters or find the whole scenario believable enough to be invested in.
Amelia Grey lives in Florida. Love, The Duke is her newest novel.
(Galley courtesy of St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review.)
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