I really enjoyed reading the Duke Meets His Match. I found it a delightful romance with fun characters full of wit and spirit. I really enjoyed Susan. She is well developed and someone I wish I could be friends with. #TheDukeMeetsHisMatch #netGalley

I just love it . Both H & h are great characters and their joutney to love is so beautiful written .
I will read more books of the author .
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The Duke Meets his Match was a sweet and enjoyable romance. Susan Jennings is a spinster whose accepted her role in society. She has an oppurtunity to go to London for a season. While there she runs into the Duke of Aylesham who issues an unexpected marriage proposal. Refreshingly, the duke appreciates her brain more than her looks. Really enjoyable read.

This was a pleasant read. It was well written and I liked the various characters. The story was a little slow at times and my attention wavered here and there.

A nice read to lose yourself in for a day. The way the two main characters butt heads but then learned to bend to understand the other was entertaining and sweet.

This is an entertaining story that ties into some of the author’s other books, but it’s definitely a stand alone. The tie in is familiar characters that play a minor role in here.

I really liked the main characters and their spunk. That’s not too uncommon for a duke, but Susan’s character was delightfully different in many ways. Spinster, intelligent, and content with her situation.

It was a fast and entertaining read.

A proper Regency romance. Susan Jennings is approaching 30 and accepting her spinsterhood. Lady Wamsley invites her to London as a companion for the season. On her first evening she runs into George, the Duke of Aylesham. She met him the year before and he remembers her as the harpy. She thinks of him as his "His Loftiness". When the Prince tries to manipulate the Duke into marriage he claims to already be betrothed to Susan. Now he has less than two weeks to make a marriage happen. I love enemies to lovers and arranged marriage tropes.

The characters were fun. Susan is well educated and confident yet fearful that she can be a duchess. George, starts stuffy but is kind and supportive. I particularly enjoyed them working together without typical miscommunications. I wasn't entirely clear on the background plot of the Dukes secretive work against Napoleon. It kept coming up and didn't seem to resolve. The ending was good but an epilogue could add a little something extra. Overall a sweet, quick, clean romance that left me feeling happy.

Thank you NetGalley, Covenant Communications and the author for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.

A witty and fast paced read, The Duke Meets His Match, is a MUST for all readers who love historical romances. Karen Tuft's writing ability shines through her characters, both in their development and their behaviors and attitudes. The witty banter and thoughts of the characters makes this book fun to read and difficult to put down! Both Susan and George, the Duke of Aylesham, had experienced love and lost at young ages that left them both jilted. Susan was content to remain a spinster and enjoy her nieces and nephews. George really didn't understand family relationships, having lost both parents when he was young, but finds himself forced into marriage by non other than the Prince Regent, looking only to further his own needs. Desperate to retain his freedom and get out from under the Prince's requirements, George says he is betrothed to Susan, a woman he despises and has only met a handful of times and now he must secure her hand for real. Susan despises the Duke, but decides she would marry him. Together, they face a formidable foe and a forever love.

This was a fun read with complicated characters. I loved the way the author was able to reference precious novels without making the reader feel as if they were missing something. The description of the story felt a little off. While they may have a few squabbles, the characters got along very well. As with her previous novels, I think the author struggles to end her story. Each of her books feels like the story could end a few times before they do. That's hard for a reader because you prepare yourself for its close, but it doesn't come.

I enjoyed the way this story is reminiscent of Pride and Prejudice, but on fast forward and with royal connections and a dash of Sense and Sensibility thrown in. The author still keeps it unique enough that it simply reminds you of those novels, rather than trying to imitate them in the way that so many have tried (and failed) to do in the past.

Susan is willful, intelligent, and unaware of her own beauty.
George is arrogant, stubborn, and prideful.
Each have met their match in the other.

As I read their first meetings, I wondered how on earth Tuft was going to have the Duke come to a point where he would propose. It was masterfully done, and his actual proposal was even more disastrous than Mr. Darcy's first proposal to Lizzie! Thankfully he recovered quickly, and had the sense to listen to and take onboard Susan's response rather more quickly than Darcy.

It was wonderful to see some recurring characters from Tuft's previous stories.
This book was difficult to put down, and the only disappointing part was that it ended.

The story– 3/5

Setting of the book– 3/5

Main Hero– 3/5

Smexy Times?– Non, a clean romance 

OVERALL – 3/5 STARS

First of all, I love the cover, it's simple but at the same time beautiful. The writing was good, I liked how detailed it was, but the passing of the book was all over the place . Really enjoyed the use of real historical figures (like Prince Regent and Lord Alvanley) But...sadly our couple Gorge and Susan didn't have enough chemistry together for mine liking. Overall it was okay if you like classical literature you will love this one! 

I was provided with an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Duke Meets His Match is a sweet story about a marriage-or shall we say betrothal-of convenience. This book is suitable for someone who is in the mood for a light, quick read.
I liked both main characters and spent the first half of the story getting to know them. However, they each had a history of broken hearts that I wanted to know more about. By the time I got to the second half of the story, the romance took on an entirely different pace and some themes, such as George’s job in the war effort, fell from the story line. I wanted to see a more cohesive plot but it did have a sweet ending.

Such a great story! I read it in one sitting!

At thirty, Susan is considered a spinster, but she's not looking to get married for the sake of it. When she meets the Duke of Aylesham, the meeting doesn't go well and they end up with unfavorable opinions of the other.

A year later they meet again at a house party and their opinions don't improve. They strongly dislike each other and don't want to spend time together. That all changes when George unwittingly tells Prinny he's betrothed to Susan.

I really liked the enemy-to-lovers and marriage of convenience tropes in this story. With the characters' ages and their personalities, the development of their relationship was a treat to read.

I also liked the secondary characters and the characters from other books. So fun to see where they are.

A very good read.

I received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.

I adored this novel. The standard marriage of convenience was in place but the details were so different than any other novel of this sort. I thoroughly enjoyed the enemies to loves plot as well. It was so fun to see how they came together at the end with such compatibility. Working together as the perfect team. Susan and the Duke really seemed to compliment each other. I would recommend this novel to anyone. On the clean scale there was quite a bit of kissing but nothing I would consider too much.

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First book by the author. I thorough enjoyed the story. The characters are full of personality.

It’s the story of a Duke who is not interested in being another himself into the world and would rather search for any heirs scattered around the world. He is not having any luck. That is how he meets the spinster Sister heroine of an Earl while exchanging information in the library and their rocky relationship starts.

My favorite thing about The Duke Meets His Match was the banter between Susan and George. Their relationship starts off on the wrong foot and both would be happy if they never see the other again. A year later, George, the Duke of Aylesham, realizes the harpy, as he's nicknamed Susan, is sister to one of the men he trusts most in his work for the Foreign Office. They meet again, with more sparks as their strong personalities clash.

Then George receives an unwelcome summons from Prinny, the Prince Regent. Looking for an escape from an unwanted marriage arranged for him, George claims he is already betrothed. When pressed for a name, the only one that comes to mind is Susan Jennings.

The Prince Regent wants proof. George wants to survive. Susan, well, she's not too sure she cares what either of the men want, but her heart has different ideas.

Karen Tuft weaves an engaging story with real people and events alongside our fictional characters. I loved it!

This book is somewhere between a three and four star read for me - which is something - because I really started off not liking either Susan or George. Though, I did love that they both had such totally normal simple names - especially for a Duke and daughter of a Viscount.

Susan is a confirmed bluestocking. She is smart, well-read, and essentially resigned to a spinster life. And she's not unhappy about it. George is pretty much the last of his line - his heir is a criminal who was transported to Australia for fraud. He's been working for the foreign office in support of the war and has only half-heartedly been looking for a wife. Even though he says otherwise, it seems like he has been holding out for love and his true match. For both of them it is hate at first sight. Their second meeting doesn't go much better. But there must be something about Susan that George finds compelling, because to get out of a forced marriage to a German princess, George tells the Prince Regent that he is already engaged to Susan. Oops.

In the midst of convincing Susan to marry him, George and Susan are forced to communicate in a truly honest way that few couples ever do. It may have been hate at first sight, but it is clear from their first negotiations how truly perfect they are for each other.

I liked so much about that aspect of their relationship. That was so good - that I am not sure I needed all of the foreign office stuff that was included. I'm not even 100% sure what they were trying to do - but I think I could have skipped like 90% of it and been just fine to understand the story(and I am pretty sure I did actually only skim those parts). I do hope we get stories for Susan's brothers though!

Overall - I recommend this if you like historicals on the more traditional side!

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, but these opinions are all my own.

The Duke Meets His Match by Karen Tuft, 290 pages. Covenant Communications, 2020. $16.
Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
When Susan first encounters George, she finds His Loftiness, as she so entitles him, to be arrogant and rude, and Susan hopes to never encounter the man again. Unfortunately, His Loftiness is a friend of her brother, and His Loftiness finds himself in need of Susan’s help. This isn’t a simple favor, and Susan’s response will change both her and His Loftiness’s lives forever.
Susan and George’s story is far-fetched in a way that seems possible when immersed in their story but preposterous once readers step away. In that same regard, I enjoyed the story while I was reading it, though I have a hard time believing the romance because it feels secondary to George’s dilemma, which wasn’t as interesting as the romance. Overall, Tuft’s book makes for a nice afternoon read.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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Thanks to NetGalley for the advance readers copy. Opinions are my own.

I am rounding up to 2. This was a 1.5 star book. I think this book was one of those put together to give readers an update on other characters from prior books, with little attention paid to the main storyline, character arcs, or anything related.

In this book, Susan and George encounter one another at a wedding, have a hostile exchange and part ways, despising one another. They meet up about a year later and... Still hate each other. Some nonsense occurs and George pretends he's engaged to Susan. The obvious thing to do is follow through on this.

When George proposes to Susan he includes that he doesn't like her. She agrees. Nope, not that she also dislikes him, but that she'll marry this whole stranger she dislikes. There's some plot, and then HEA.

I did not connect with either character and didn't feel like they made sense. Susan is happily unmarried with no intentions to be a Duchess or live in town. That she would readily agree to marry George is inconsistent with who we are told she is. I guess the author assumes that deep down, every woman wants a husband. Miss me with that BS.

The pacing was both too fast and too slow. How is this possible?! Magic! The entire story takes place over about a week(fast), and yet everything takes forever to happen. They don't even meet for like 4 chapters (ch1 was a prologue if ever I read one). There are so many tangents about hairdressers and dressmakers, we hardly see George and Susan's releationship change.

The "conflict" putting them together and taking them apart was boring and anticlimactic. There are several side plots about... Maybe spies? An odd upstairs downstairs possible relationship. An incredibly generous old lady/fairy godmother. Then a rouge brother who just kinda appears and is totally fine. All of these odd non sequiturs go nowhere. I didn't understand the purpose.

Save your time and energy Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare has a similar plot and is way better. But for that one, start with Say Yes to the Marquess for backstory. Happy Reading!

Cute, clean, simple.

I was provided with an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.