Historical Romance published by St. Martin’s Paperbacks 29 Jun 21
This book is a delightful romp as three women show up at the solicitor’s office for a reading of their dearly departed husband’s will. It turns out all three lovely ladies are married to the same man. Their husband’s brother and head of the family is a Duke, a returned veteran who wants nothing to do with the trials and travails that his brother has left behind. Therein begins a delightful tale that will keep readers entertained as the story unfolds.
Katherine runs a business supply company of high-quality linens to the ton. She has aspirations to be the royal supplier for linens and needs to guard her reputation. Finding out that her deceased husband is a polygamist and the strong possibility her dowry has been swallowed up in his wheeling and dealing is a heavy blow. But Katherine is an optimist. Before she knows it, she’s giving shelter under her own roof to the two other ladies and fighting with the new Duke for him to man up to his responsibility as the head of the family.
As Katherine and Sebastian work together on finding occupation for the displaced veterans who are forced to beg and starve in the streets, a romance is born. Sebastian is determined to wield his influence where he can on Katherine’s behalf as they fall in love. This is an entertaining story with enough twists and turns and surprises to keep readers engaged.
Grade: B
Summary:
A Duke in Time is the first book in a three-story arc that will have you rooting for leading heroines, searching for lost dowries, and falling for swoon-worthy heroes.
Katherine Vareck is in for the shock of her life when she learns upon her husband Meri’s accidental death that he had married two other women. Her entire business, along with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a royal supplier, is everything she’s been working for and now could be destroyed if word leaks about the three wives.
Meri’s far more upstanding brother, Christian, Duke of Randford has no earthly clue how to be of assistance. He spent the better part of his adult years avoiding Meri and the rest of his good-for-nothing family, so to be dragged back into the fold is…problematic. Even more so is the intrepid and beautiful Katherine, whom he cannot be falling for because she’s Meri’s widow. Or can he?
With a textile business to run and a strong friendship forming with Meri’s two other wives, Katherine doesn’t have time for much else. But there’s something about the warm, but compellingly taciturn Christian that draws her to him. When an opportunity to partner in a business venture brings them even closer, they’ll have to face their pasts if they want to share each other’s hearts and futures.
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