Daffodil Farthingale, known as Dillie to her friends and family, is horrified to learn the man she has just rescued from ruffians outside the Farthingale townhouse is none other than Ian Markham, the notorious Duke of Edgeware. If the Chipping Way bachelor curse holds true, she’s doomed to marry the wretched rakehell. Dillie wants a man who will love her and be faithful in the marriage. The duke … duke will never do, for he harbors secret torments and has sworn he will never fall in love or marry.
When scandal breaks — after all, he does spend a week recovering in her bed — Dillie leaves London, little knowing that the handsome duke has just left town as well. With the Farthingale family and his assailants on their trail, Ian and Dillie suddenly find themselves trapped in the same charming inn during a torrential rainstorm. Can Ian overcome his haunted past, and c an Dillie ever overcome her mistrust of him… to wind up falling in love?
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I love this series so much! The characters are wonderfully written and highly likable. This is a much read!
The Duke I’m Going To Marry is book two in The Farthingale Series by Meara Platt. I wish I could give this book ten stars. If you love Julia Quinn and The Bridgerton series, you will adore Meara Platt’s The Farthingale books. I haven’t laughed this hard in a very long time. So much humor and steamy romance with some tear-jerking moments all rolled into one delicious Regency book. I couldn’t put it down and found myself reading far into the night. Platt creates wonderful characters who are so touchable they leap off the page. I adored the hero Ian Markham, The Duke of Edgeware. He is so edgy and such a rogue, yet when he meets Daffodil or Dillie Farthingale his heart is awakened to longings for love and family. I can’t wait to read the entire series!
I loved Dillie, she rescued Ian Markham, the Duke of Edgeware, from ruffians right outside the Farthingale townhouse. She fired a elephant gun at them & her Uncle who is a doctor helped to get Ian in the house & into Dillie’s bedroom – since hers was the only room not closed up. He needed medical help to treat his wounds but when her family found out that she had rescued the notorious Duke of Edgeware & if the Chippingdale Curse holds true she would marry him. This cannot be true, she wants love & not a rakhell with dark secrets & that has vowed never to love or marry.
But after nursing him back to health, she finds herself falling for Ian & unknown to her he is falling in love with her also. The adventures, miscommunications, humor are only part of the entertainment until they both realize how the other person feels.
This is such a great series & I recommend it to all historical romance readers – no I am off to read Book 3 which is sister Daisy & her hero Gabriel Dayne’s story!
So here is the final book in this series, as it is the love story of the youngest of the Farthingale sisters.
I do think even if the others were more funny even with their lot of betrayals and actions, I was wondering since I read Rose’s story about Ian Markham, the cynical Duke of Edgeware. He is finally the last to fall.
He was the one to warn Gabriel about the Chipping Way Curse, the deathtrap for bachelors he thinks is the area where the Farthingale live.
He is the last one left, the only one unmarried, and claiming loud and clear he will never marry. He displays a facade of a cold heartless rake, while in the inside he suffers from his need of love but he is unable to let people break in the walls he erected around his heart. Dillie’s interest in him is like agony to him as he is unable to answer nor accept it. My heart arched for him and the childhood he suffered in the hands of his horrible family, inside he was still a little boy so hopeful to win his mother’s love even after her horrible rejection.
While the other stories were set in few days, here the storyline stretches out on many months with a first event two years before.
Dillie feels out of place since her twin got married, she tries to follow the right path and find like any debutante a good husband but she can’t shake out her feeling for the rake Duke who kissed her while mistaking her for an other woman. She spent herself a lot of time denying her feelings, ready to offer her friendship but afraid of more because of Ian dissolute’s ways. Even when she will accept the true nature of her sentiments for him, she will need a lot more to trust him.
This is the story of the woman who will prove a man in hiding he is lovable while he will learn to trust by opening his heart and sharing his secrets.
A very lovely tale about second chance when even Hope was lost.
it is lovely to revisit the Farthingale world, and Daffodil is one of my favorites.
I loved this book. When the beginning of the book started with the lead character taking an elephant gun to shoot assailants beating up a man, my interest was engaged. Dillie Farthingale rescued Ian Markham, Duke of Edgeware, from certain death. The whole book was a pure delight to read. The characters are so engaging. I loved the internal thoughts of Dillie, such as “Cause of death was determined to be excessive rapture.” But then, Ian’s were just as delightful, “Farthingales did not keep secrets. Farthingales had diarrhea of the mouth.” There were loads of laugh out loud moments which I tried to control. Ian was a man who held lots of secrets. He was raised in a cold and loveless family. Dillie was the one who helped him move beyond his upbringing and bring about their HEA. She made him laugh and never bored him. What a fun read. I sincerely recommend this book.
Once again Meara Platt has shown why she is my favorite Regency author. This tale was witty, and engaging while given me the relaxing time I need.
Love Meara Platt’s romances. It is fun to read about the Farthingaie romances!
I’ve read two of her books and they’re both great. One of the storyline and characters.
Loved the book and the characters. Series with each sister was very enjoyable, had to read them all.
I enjoyed this book because of the humor in it. It’s hard to find a good historical romance that has humor that doesn’t come off silly. I really liked the hero and the heroine both in this book. All in all I would recommend this book.
Read this book last…Even though it is book 2 it is about the last sister (twin)…
Meara Platt has mastered this series! These Farthingale sisters have been a great joy to read!! Meara writes each character with such expression you feel like you really know each person! They are delightful, funny and you feel each emotion as if it’s first-hand.
This is the youngest Farthingale sister Dilly’s story. She doesn’t feel she is anything special since nothing happened her first season! While closing up the house with her Uncle George at the end of the season; Dilly witnesses some thugs attacking The Duke of Edgeware Ian Markham! She scares the thugs away but Ian is seriously hurt! Her Uncle patches him up but he is too weak to move so he spends the week in Diily’s bed. Good thing the season is over for oh what a scandal!
Now the new season has started and Dilly tries to enjoy it. Who can when the most exciting things that keep happening are with the duke! She doesn’t want to marry him because he is such a rake and he doesn’t want to get married period because his family hates him and wants him dead! He love Dilly but wants to protect her from his dreaded family! Dilly has to fight her way through his turmoil to reach him!! Can she give him everything he desires which is a living home and family!
Wonderful series!
The problem with Meara Platt’s books is that all her female leads are basically the same character.
Great series of books!
Prefer romance over sex.
Average bodice ripper. Good read for a rainy afternoon.
great book, good read