She is enough to drive a saint to madness or a Duke to his knees…Forced to stay with her obnoxious cousin who hates her, Selina Drake, daughter of the Earl of Quinton, is on the brink of despair. When she sees her cousin’s betrothed for the first time, her life is besieged by a mixture of dread and excitement…While ready for his much-talked-about engagement party, Jasper Munro, Duke of … party, Jasper Munro, Duke of Gillingham falls madly in love for the very first time. The object of his desire is not his intended but, rather, her utterly ravishing younger cousin…
A romance doomed by the Fates before it even starts, meant to drown them in longing…
Suspicious murders around the Dukedom see the wedding postponed, and Jasper realizes that betrayal starts with little lies and wears a smile. Standing before his very own nemesis, Jasper must make a choice: save himself or the one he loves most…
*If you like a realistic yet steamy depiction of the Regency and Victorian era, then Sins of an Intoxicating Duchess is the novel for you.
This is Violet’s debut novel, a historical Regency romance novel of 80,000 words (around 400 pages). No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a strong happily ever after.
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The dialogue is written in the immature style as though a teenager is relating it. There is some mystery, suspense and good atmosphere. The story is not sensual or steamy. Steam does not enter until the last chapter and then it is boring. A good story for the younger set.
What a wonderful story! Sins of an Intoxicating Duchess is a heart stopping novel by Violet Hamers. With amazing character chemistry that are believable and easy to relate to, from the first page and throughout I was totally captivated. Each and every character came to life and you find yourself drawn into their story. It’s a rollercoaster ride full of twist and turns through a web of deception. Jasper and Selina are so well developed you feel every emotion that they are feeling throughout their story and become very endearing as the story progresses. It’s heart pounding story with plenty of drama, treachery, trials and tribulations hope, family trials, and all the suspense which leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat.
Oh-so-deliciously-steamy with likable characters and an interesting plot that kept me thoroughly engaged throughout. Enjoyed every minute of it!
*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.
What a fantastic book. This isn’t “just” another historical romance but a serial murder mystery. And the prologue really sets up the rest of the storylines. Charles Connolly is a ten year old boy when his father is hung for murder. A few days later, there is another murder and the real murderer is caught and he looks remarkably like Charles father. The constable comes to apologize for the mistake and to let them know that they have raised money to help the family and pay for Charles to get an education. Charles decides that he will become a barrister and help people like his father and hopefully prevent another miscarriage of justice.
Seventeen years later:
There is someone, calling themselves Nemisis, out there sending threatening letters to different members of the ton. They are threatened with murder when they come back to London in the winter.
Charles is a barrister that helps with estate planning and he has been hired by the Duke of Tiverwell to come to his country estate to help get his affairs in order. The Duke’s only child is his daughter, seventeen year old Lady Arabella and she cannot inherit the dukedom or the ducal estate. They will be inherited by his cousin but the Duke wants to make sure that the Duchess and Arabella are taken care of financially.
Arabella has been raised by her parents to be independent and she not only fences but she wears breeches and rides her horse astride. The members of the ton are scandalized by her behavior. When she meets Charles, she has just finished fencing and is dressed in fencing gear. She is impressed that Charles doesn’t seem bothered by either that fact that she wears breeches or fences. She challenges him to a duel and he agrees to fence her the next day.
The next day, Arabella and Charles have a very strong fencing match, and Arabella is able to win. And so begins a very subtle love affair. Arabella and Charles have a very strong emotional connection as well as mutual respect for each other the way they are. But before their relationship gets to progress, someone breaks into the house and leave a threatening note “By Winter, you will die.” This scares the Duke enough to move his family to another location. In addition, the Duke sends Charles back to London to find out who is behind the threat. The Duke believes it is a one of his former employees.
Charles and Arabella agree to keep in touch via letters and to see each other again in six months when her family returns to London. She will turn 18 at that time. If Arabella and Charles still feel the same way, Charles will approach the Duke to get his permission for Charles to court and marry Arabella. Unfortunately, when Charles approaches the Duke the next day, the Duke explodes and refuses let then to allow them to even see each other again.
What will happen to Charles and Arabella? Will Nemisis, the murderer, follow through on the threats to kill members of the ton? Why are they being threatened in the first place. Will Charles find himself under suspicion of being responsible for the murders? Will he meet the same fate as his father? To find out what happens next, you need to get this book.
I received an ARC of this ebook to read and give an honest review. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was very hard to write this review because there was so much going on in the different plotlines that I didn’t want to reveal any spoilers but I wanted to pique future reader’s attention to get them to read this book. I hope I succeeded.