Never Deceive a Duke by Liz Carlyle

They call her the porcelain princess…

With her fragile beauty and regal bearing, the Duchess of Warneham knows how to keep her admirers at a distance. Twice wed and twice widowed, Antonia has vowed never again to marry; never again to surrender her freedom. But when her husband’s death is deemed suspicious, and his long-lost heir returns to seize control of the dukedom, she finds that fate has placed her future in yet another man’s hands—but not just any man.

They call him a cold-hearted bastard . . .

Deep in London’s docklands, Gareth Lloyd runs Neville Shipping with an iron fist. Unrecognizable as the starving orphan who was abandoned by his family and sent an ocean away from home, Gareth has put his troubled past behind him. That is, until the Duke of Warneham is found dead, and Gareth turns out to be the dynasty’s last living heir. Wrenched from his solitude, Gareth neither wants nor needs the honors and obligations of nobility—especially the Duke’s all-too-tempting widow… Or does he?

No idea what Liz Carlyle did but she sooo has a cover fairy. Never Deceive a Duke follows a month behind the start of the trilogy – Never Lie to a Lady . [out now… go buy it and come back and thank me later. Or at least tell me what you thought.] The final book will be out in 2008! And I don’t think Mz Carlyle ever explained why she was being so mean to us.

When I finished After Midnight I wanted the first book NOW. And honestly, I for some reason assumed (yeah… I know) it would be about Lord Rothewell. So when I finally found info on it I was sad. I told myself it was just a month… I could handle one more month! And then I saw the summary for Never Deceive a Duke. Look up… that one. You may notice that it STILL isn’t about Rothewell. I was sad again.

I forgave Liz after I read the books, what can I say I am a giver. Ok really it is because the books are both great and I think classic Carlyle. This is the book I have read most recently so it is my favorite of the two but ten to one that will change after I finish the review for the Never Lie to a Lady. I tell you, I make fun of authors who answer ‘What is your favorite book?’ with “The one I just finished.” but I am the same why. And I just read them.

All I ask is… please… Liz have pity… tell me us Never Romance a Rake is Rothwell’s book. Please!