The Duke Buys a Bride
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A bride wasn’t in his plans . . .
The last thing Marcus, the Duke of Autenberry, expects to see after sleeping off a night’s drunken shenanigans is a woman being auctioned in the village square. Before he can think about the ramifications, he buys her, thinking he’s winning the girl her freedom. Instead, he discovers he’s bought a wife.
A duke wasn’t in hers . . .
Alyse Bell is almost rid of the shackles that bound her in a name-only marriage, but the day her friend promised to purchase her in a wife auction, he vanishes, leaving her to face a mob of unsavory bachelors intent on owning her body and soul. But the appearance of a wicked, wealthy stranger changes her path forever.
The road to ruin . . .
Marcus doesn’t know what to do with the impertinent chit who clearly isn’t duchess material! Insisting their marriage isn’t legitimate, they leave for his estate in Scotland, hoping to devise a plan to get rid of each other. However, on a journey fraught with misadventure, their attraction grows and Marcus realizes he’ll do anything to keep this fiery woman for his own.
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5 primary books6 released books#3 in The Rogue Files
The Rogue Files is a 6-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Sophie Jordan.
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3/5
Honestly? It was boring. One bed after one bed after one bed and zero intimacy for the first 60%!! Unacceptable!
No, but really, it was boring. They almost didn't talk, Marcus's family struggles weren't resolved at the end and I really hoped for him at least BUYING HER WARM CLOTHES. And there was nothing. He even acknowledged that her shoes were destroyed while he was at his brother's house but did he buy her new ones? No, why would he!
Even the “Because you're my wife” scene was anticlimactic. For the whole book he claimed she was nothing to him but suddenly she's his wife when one man took her? And then he turned around and set her free when another showed up? I wanted to punch him.
The sex scenes were hot though.
It had an interesting premise and I finished it. However.... I felt that this book had some drawbacks - For example, I never got enough backstory on her childhood friend who abandoned her but showed up for the last bit of the book. And why oh why did she ride that mule throughout the book....?
I would try another book by this author but we will see after that ....
