Member Review

Everything seems to be happening at once for Lady Daphne Hallworth this holiday season. First, she has been left at home in London while her brother goes to the family home for the holiday and mother goes to her new husband’s estate. Both accidentally leaving her behind.

If that wasn’t bad enough, her reticule is stolen with her personal diary inside. If her private thoughts ever became public, her family could be ruined.

Enter Paul Barstow, Duke of Southart. Daphne has loved him since she was a child. Will he now come to her rescue in her time of need?

Southart has just lost both his brother and his father. His father never cared for him but the loss of his brother was a blow. He is determined to make his brother proud and change the minds of all who think he is a good for nothing.

Throughout the book you enjoy a good level of conflict between the two characters. To begin, they’re both competing for the same property, Daphne wants to make a home for unwed mothers and Paul wants to dedicate a rheumatic fever hospital to his brothers memory.

And of course Paul does not want Daphne to be prowling around gambling dens looking for the boy who stole her reticule. Paul has been Daphne’s protector since they were children and it seems that he can’t stop himself now.

Throughout, the interactions between the two characters are exciting and natural. While reading this I felt that I was actually in the room with them. The author seems to have a knack for drawing the reader in.

The Good, The Bad, And The Duke is the fourth book in the Cavensham Heiresses series by Author Janna MacGregor. Two new books in the series have come out. I greatly look forward to reading the entire series.