A book that is filled with humour, drama, mystery and romance. A wonderful and enjoyable package. Enduring and strong characters and interesting storyline. I enjoyed it from start to finish.

Clueless to everything but himself, James is now the new Duke of Tereford. In over his head, he goes to the only person he knows that can keep him from going under and not coming back up. Maybe he should propose! Cecelia Vainsmede likes to make lists. Managing her father's businesses and household is her forte, including James' allowance. Loving James over time has been easy, but if he doesn't love her, why should she accept his proposal? When a visiting Prince becomes a rival and starts trouble, James doesn't hesitate to come out swinging.
I was laughing out loud through James' thought processes and reactions. This was a pleasure to read, but I felt like the ending just dropped off and left me.

Cecelia is the typical girl next door. Helping her father with his business. James is a self absorbed Duke. Cecelia has had feeling for James for years. Finally James asks her to marry him. But it's just not meant to be. Will they find their happy ending? Read this great book and find out!

I loved this book - lots of humour and romance, a hero that’s not afraid to make a fool of himself and a strong heroine who takes no nonsense from anyone (not even princes!). Who could ask for more?! So much fun to read, with a very satisfying denouement, in which everyone gets exactly what they deserve!

Cecelia has always been involved in James’ life. Her father was his guardian. James decides to have her take over the organization of a hoarder house he has inherited. He then notices she is much more than efficient. I did not like James eccentric behavior. I keep waiting for him to change, but even that seemed unresolved at the abrupt ending. I received an ARC from NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for my honest review.

I wanted to love this story, but struggled. James is very hard to like. He's a bit pompous and then when he has his "moment" he becomes more human. Cecilia has had to manage James and her father since she was 9. She's smothered her love of James because she sees him for who he is...a selfish man. I don't want to write a spoiler, so I will just say that it's very hard to care much about these two. Ms. Ashford made them so robotic that when they finally admitted their love for each other it was anti-climactic...and then the story just ended! Not my favorite. I receive a complimentary copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited to read this! First off, beautiful cover! Second - I adored the relationship between James and Cecelia, and as we all know in the romance world a marriage of convenience always backfires.
Especially when Cecelia has a chance to find romance with a dashing new suitor. James needed to grow up and realize love is something you do not mess around with! Hehehe :) Witty, romantic and fun!

This was a good book. It had a nice protagonist in the form of Cecelia who was a very competent woman and managed her father's estates. The MMC was a little harder to like but tried to redeem himself in the book.

The major problem for me was the lack of resolution. After the FMC and MMC get married, they had many fights and were having trouble adjusting with each other. Suddenly, the MMC <spoiler> says the L word to the FMC and the book ends without even talking about and mentioning the problems that they were clearly facing. At one point, the MMC is jealous because FMC is receiving more praise from the ton. Things like these need resolution, the L word can't just undo them.

So, I really liked the book till the 90% mark but after that, it fell a little flat for me.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley.

The Duke Who Loved Me
James and Cecilia
Jane Ashford
James, ducal heir, and Cecelia have practically grown up together. Her father has been his guardian. He is carefree and careless while she makes lists and takes charge.
Then James become Duke and she is out of his life. He thinks that he misses her because she takes care of things so he proposes. She declines because she doesn’t want to be a caretaker, she wants his love. The book is a fun romp as the often surly duke comes to understand what she really means to him.
It is an adorable read, entertaining and appealing. It is fun to watch Cecelia blossom and James become insightful and self knowing. Their love is sweet when it happens, not blatantly sexual which is something patrons sometimes request.
I would recommend this book to my patrons.

Ugh, I had high hopes for this book as enemies to lovers storylines are my favorite. But this one was so boring. And honestly both of the main characters were kind of garbage people.