The Lost Duke of Wyndham (Two Dukes of Wyndham, Book 1)
by Julia Quinn
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Author: Julia QuinnEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-01
ISBN: 0060876107
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Avon
Book Reviews of The Lost Duke of Wyndham (Two Dukes of Wyndham, Book 1)
Book Review: Solid three star read - it's likable but not great
Summary: 3 Stars
I found the story to be slow going for most of the book, but by the end it turned into a decent page-turner. The premise is every girl's secret fantasy, a sort of "Princess Diaries" situation, but Quinn flips it around so that our hero is the ugly duckling who will become a swan. Or in this case, a charming highwayman who might be a duke. I didn't find the hero, Jack Audley, to be particularly sexy, but I did like him enough to care about his future. Quinn doesn't flesh out her characters as much as I would like, so I never had a good visual of Jack in my mind.
Our heroine, Grace, enters the story as the current dowager duchess's paid companion. If you're familiar with regency, you already know that means Grace was the daughter of a gentleman, but unfortunate circumstances forced her into one of the few occupations allowed impoverished genteel females. This is where Quinn dropped the ball. She glossed over Grace's sad story with the lightest of airbrushes, when the full trauma of her situation should have been important. Instead, Grace is portrayed as a saint and a paragon of innocence, when any young woman in her position had to have faced some real ugly truths about the world.
If you love regency, go ahead and pick it up at the library. I don't think you'd want this in your permanent collection though. Too many pieces of this jigsaw puzzle are missing to make this one great.
Summary of The Lost Duke of Wyndham (Two Dukes of Wyndham, Book 1)
Jack Audley has been a highwayman.
A soldier. And he has always been a rogue. What he is not, and never wanted to be, is a peer of the realm, responsible for an ancient heritage and the livelihood of hundreds. But when he is recognized as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree life is over. And if his birth proves to be legitimate, then he will find himself with the one title he never wanted: Duke of Wyndham.
Grace Eversleigh has spent the last five years toiling as the companion to the dowager Duchess of Wyndham. It is a thankless job, with very little break from the routine . . . until Jack Audley lands in her life, all rakish smiles and debonair charm. He is not a man who takes no for an answer, and when she is in his arms, she's not a woman who wants to say no. But if he is the true duke, then he is the one man she can never have . . .
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