Duchess of His Heart by Collette Cameron

Tracy’s rating: 5 of 5 stars

Series: Seductive Scoundrels, #6

Release Date: February 11, 2020

Regine Maberly, Duchess of Heartwaite is back in London for the first time in eight long years. She married and left with her husband to tour the continent and returned to his country estate when his health took a turn. She nursed him for a year and then entered mourning. She didn’t plan on returning to London, but when her mother passed away, she became the guardian of her youngest sister Juliet. She is passing a coffeehouse when she sees him – James Brentwood – the love of her life and the man who hates her as passionately as he once loved her.

This is a very short, very sweet second chance at love story featuring Theodosia and Jessica’s brother James, a successful solicitor, who loved Regine with all his heart, until she broke it in a million pieces by marrying the Duke of Heartwaite. This story was well written, flowed nicely and didn’t feel rushed despite being a very short novella, there are no graphic love scenes, only kisses and the author does a great job of giving the reader a good understanding of their past. I really enjoyed the story and happily recommend it, if I had any complaint, it would be that I wish it was a little bit longer! This is the sixth book in the series, but it can easily be read as a stand alone title with no issues.

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What Would a Duke Do?: A Regency Romance by Collette Cameron

Tracy’s rating: 4 of 5 stars

Series: Seductive Scoundrels #4

Release Date: June 26, 2019

Gabriella Breckensole’s secret crush on Maxwell Woolbright, the eighth Duke of Pennington dies a swift death when she overhears him vowing to ruin her grandfather. From that moment on, Gabriella has avoided the duke whenever possible and has kept the knowledge of what she heard to herself. But unfortunately for her, Maxwell doesn’t seem to take the hint…

After finding his grandfather’s journal, Maxwell believes that Gabriella’s grandfather stole his grandmother’s family home from the duchy by cheating his grandfather, furthermore, he believes this act caused the demise of his grandfather and father. He wants vengeance and has come up with the perfect solution – at least perfect in his mind! He will marry the delightful Gabriella Breckensole and make her grandfather give him Hartfordshire Court as her dowry, in exchange, he will let them live there, that way everybody is happy and the estate is returned to the duchy, all he has to do is convince Gabriella that his way is the right way…

Gabriella cannot believe the gall of Maxwell, how dare he demand that she marry him and then threaten her with her grandparents with complete ruin if she doesn’t? Left with no choice, she agrees, but vows to make him live to regret his highhandedness! When she tells her grandparents of Maxwell’s plan, she learns the awful truth and is given the means to turn the tables on Maxwell, will she take the information and enact vengeance on the man that she once believed she could love? Or will Maxwell realize that Hartfordshire Court isn’t worth the price it will cost him to regain it…Gabriella’s love.

This was a well written, fast paced story with two very strong leads, who will lock horns several times before finding their HEA. The book has scandal, vengeance, secrets, lies, some amusing banter, a likeable albeit misguided hero, a very stubborn feisty heroine, warmish love scenes and very hard won HEA.

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