Good Duke Gone Wild
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In this dazzling historical romance, a Duke with a complicated romantic history and a bookseller with a family business to protect find themselves drawn to each other--even if their hidden secrets should keep them apart. Perfect for fans of USA Today bestsellers Lenora Bell and Sophie Jordan! Dorian Whitaker, Duke of Holland, needs an heir after his so-called "fairytale marriage" ended in disaster. When the intriguing bookseller he's hired to liquidate his late wife's library finds love letters revealing an affair, he is drawn into a mystery alongside a lady whose sharp intellect dazzles him and dares him to imagine a new adventure outside the gilded cage of the Ton. If anyone found out Caroline Danvers writes erotic novels under a pen name, she'd face utter ruin. Except her latest hero inspiration is none other than the Duke of Holland--a man with the power to destroy her family's bookshop. And yet the real man proves to be so much more than the character she created. Even as they expose the dark secrets of his past, she knows he can never discover her own. But the more time they spend together, the more tempting it is to rewrite their ending and turn fantasy into reality.
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Bluestocking Booksellers is a 1-book series first released in 2024 with contributions by Bethany Bennett.
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That was an excellent read, one I thoroughly enjoyed.
Dorian was a great main hero, grumpy but not really, powerful and charismatic. Caro was sassy, strong, independent, but also lovely. She wasn't a damsel in distress but she also wasn't nagging about not needing a man which was refreshing. I also LOVE that she was 30. There aren't enough romance novels (especially Regency ones) with heroines that age. Also, she was working class! I loved it!
There were so many plotlines, all interconnected and well done: the cheating of his late wife, lover investigation, secret identity... I loved how the plot intertwined. I was interested all the way through.
I loved Dorian and Caro's relationship, although I kinda wish that her father got his due. And that we saw on screen how his mother finally accepted her.
Now, this book is the first in the series. And the series is called Bluestocking Booksellers which means the next books will be about her cousins and while I'm excited, I can't help but also be disappointed. I know Oliver will probably end up with Constance, based on their meeting in this book, although I would LOVE to read about Oliver and Althea instead. Something about the man being in an arranged betrothal with a woman who became his friend, and when she eloped, being forced into a betrothal with her sister fascinates me. And it also sounds as though she lowkey hates him? I need to read their book now. Something about enemies to loves in an arranged betrothal/marriage, while he was supposed to marry her sister (but isn't in love with his former fiance) scratches my brain the right way. I'm fascinated. I need their book now!
