If the Duke Demands
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Fall in love with New York Times bestselling author Grace Burrowes's "favorite kind of historical" where a case of mistaken identity leads to an unexpected love between a duke and debutante. Miranda Hodgkins has only ever wanted one thing: to marry Robert Carlisle. And she simply can't wait a moment longer. During the Carlisle family masquerade ball, Miranda boldly sneaks into his bedchamber with seduction on her mind. Soon she's swept into rock-hard arms for the most breathtaking kiss of her life. But when the masks come off, she's horrified to find herself face-to-face with Sebastian, the Duke of Trent-Robert's formidable older brother. Shocked to find Miranda in his bed, Sebastian quickly offers her a deal to avoid scandal: He'll help her win his brother's heart if she'll find him the perfect wife. But what begins as a simple negotiation soon spirals out of control. For the longer this reformed rake tries to make a match for Miranda, the more he wants to keep her all to himself.
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6 primary books7 released books#1 in Capturing the Carlisles
Capturing the Carlisles is a 7-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Anna Harrington.
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This was cute and pretty fun but the “conflict” here went on for far too long and internal conflicts can just kinda feel like a slog sometimes
I still consider myself new to this genre even though I read my first historical romance almost 3 years ago now. I've read some here and there since then but nowhere near enough to consider myself very familiar with the genre. I've never been big into historical books of any kind but I've learned that I do really like historical romances.
This was my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. It was funny at times. The banter between Miranda and Sebastian was on point. I loved the steaminess and how both Miranda and Sebastian could be more themselves when they were with each other. Sebastian is the more uptight one who is looking for a proper lady to wed and Miranda is more the one who acts first and thinks about the consequences later. While they are complete opposites they are perfect for each other.
The only complaint I have is how all throughout the book Sebastian is constantly telling Miranda he will never marry her because he needs a proper lady to be his duchess. There's like this huge build up about that and in the end all it took was a little conversation with his mom for him to realize he was a complete idiot even though she wasn't the first person to tell him what she told him during that conversation.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and I definitely want to read the other books in this series. There are 2 more brothers and a sister however she is already married in this book so I don't know if she will have her own story or not.
