I enjoyed this book. It was a nice few hours respite from life and I found the characters intriguing. I thought the plot was well developed. I would continue to read this author and look forward to the next book.

A Duke in Time by Janna MacGregor is a lovely historical romance set in the Regency Period. Katherine is the recently widowed wife of Lord Meriwether Vareck, a wastrel, gambler and womanizer. Christian, gentleman, war hero, Duke of Randford, is Katherine’s brother in law. Our two main characters meet at the reading of Meriwether’s will and it is apparent to both of them and the reader that we are in for a mad romp. Meriwether leaves behind more things than one man could comfortably handle in one lifetime (one of the delights of this book is the many odd things that Meriwether left behind for Christian to make sense of and handle). The most shocking part Meriwether’s tarnished legacy involves the number of wives he left behind....Katherine notes that he was a TRIGAMIST. In Katherine and Christian, Ms. MacGregor has created two complex and infinitely likable characters. Katherine is holding a fine balance between the persona she presents to the world and her true self. On the other hand, Christian is still grappling with a horrible childhood filled with neglect and a lack of parental love and care. The author carefully allows us to see their flaws, their fears but mostly their strengths. Working together to sort out Meriwether’s excessives, Katherine and Christian slowly find true love and unconditional kinship. I especially enjoyed that both of them had a social conscious and tried to help the less fortunate. I started reading Regency Romances over fifty years ago and absolutely love the genre; Ms. MacGregor has crafted a wonderful addition.

In conclusion, I loved this book and it was emotionally resonant....even the secondary characters were extraordinary and I look forward to hopefully reading the stories on the other “wives”.

I received early access to this copy of "A Duke in Time" from NetGalley for review.

Firstly I will say that going into this book I did not have high expectations. I had never heard of Janna MacGregor so I had nothing to base this book on. However, I must say I really enjoyed this book and will definitely read more books from this author.

I was hooked right from the start, the book just jumped right into conflict. You were introduced to all the important characters within the first few pages. I didn't know where it was going to go, there were so many opportunities for this book to go downhill but I was pleasantly surprised and ended up binging this book.

Right away we are introduced to Katherine, a newly made widow who finds out that her absent husband did more than just abandon her hours after they were married. Katherines strong will and kindness really made me like this character. She wasn't your typical damsel in distress that you see in most romance novels. The way she cares about others and not letting her circumstances get in the way of her goals made me really like her as a character. I really enjoyed seeing a strong female lead and it was written really well. The male lead in this novel was also someone who you could easily like and also crush on. Christian "The Duke of Randford" started out as your typical broody male lead, however very quickly you see that there are valid reasons for his hesitation for involving himself. I really enjoyed seeing his character developed and ended really liking him as his own character. 

I did find some of the sub-characters didn't have much as their own people, but it did seem like they were involved as a way to introduce characters for a series. I honestly believe we will be seeing Bother Constance and Beth in their own books, or at least I hope so. I see so much potential for these two characters to develop more.

The only complaint I have with the writing of this book was how it jumped from Katherine's perspective to Christians. At times it did confuse me, but once realized it was the other's perspective I was able to look past it. It could have easily been the ereader app I was using which didn't format properly but I wanted to bring that to light. 

All in all, I do give this book a solid 4 out of 5 stars. I really enjoyed the story and I look forward to reading more from Janna MacGregor.