Michael, an eccentric duke and scientist, has a run in with Bitsy, a debutante, in Hyde Park when their dogs tangle. When a suitor of Bitsy’s arranges to steal a dog from her house, she realizes that the duke’s dog was stolen by mistake. When both dogs are stolen they combine together to solve the mystery. Though attracted to each other, they feel they are too opposite in nature to suit. I received an ARC from NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for my honest review.

Genre: historical romance
London, Regency era

Michael Bromley, Duke of Woriton, prefers his pursuit of stabilizing chlorine for medical purposes rather than socializing with the ton, not minding the eccentric label he’s been given. When his aunt goes out of town, she leaves her black poodle Lancelot in his care. But on their first walk together, Michael and Lancelot have a run-in with Elizabeth “Bitsy” Dockering and her black poodle Galahad. Galahad and Lancelot look so similar they end up being switched, and while it should be an easy swap back, Lancelot-assumed-to-be-Galahad is stolen from Bitsy’s room. It’s all a plot by Bitsy’s suitor, Lord Peter, to get Bitsy to pay more attention to him rather than her pet, but instead, it drives Bitsy towards Michael as they develop a friendship and attraction while searching for their matching poodles.

Every Duke Has His Day is screwball funny and bonkers fun to read.. The book delivers such lines as “Hmm. At least he’d remembered his pants.” Because Michael is as absent-minded a genius as any; except when he’s with Elizabeth! With her, he’s suddenly sharp and attentive to something other than science. And our diamond Bitsy finds that in Michael’s presence she enjoys being seen as witty instead of frivolous, and that she longs to be Elizabeth with him rather than Bitsy. There’s sentimental symmetry beneath the screwball humor of swapping dogs and interviewing strangers for information on the poodles’ whereabouts.

Our villain, Lord Peter Cordray, brother of a marquis, is the perfect villain of this story. He’s entitled, as most aristos are, so he’s not evil, just stubbornly insistent that he should have Bitsy for his wife without giving her actual personality much care. As the daughter of a viscount, she’s got a large dowry, and she’s beautiful so she’ll be the perfect accoutrement for his household. He doggedly (pun intended) courts and pursues her, but when he thinks she’s out of reach, he puts this hairbrained scheme into motion to steal her dog. The whole time you’re reading, you’re thinking “how on earth does he think this will work?!” and cheering for every one of his missteps.

Every Duke is closed door, and yet it loses absolutely none of its charm, because at no point would it have made sense to insert a steamy scene. The book stays firmly in delightful and whimsical territory, and never once did I regret that.

Michael is a Duke and a scientist who is known as an eccentric, strange man. He is babysitting his aunt's poodle when he is attacked at the park by another poodle who takes them all into the pond.
Elizabeth is all the rage in the ton this season. The last thing she expects is for her dog to go after another dog at the park. When she meets Michael, she is not impressed, but strangely attracted to him. The fact that they accidentally end up with switched dogs, and his is kidnapped by someone who believes it's her dog is pure happenstance, and the start of a wonderful relationship.
This story is utterly charming, and unputdownable! I hated for it to end!
Ms. Enoch just keeps outdoing herself!
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The duke is taking care of his aunt's poodle while she is gone. Miss Elizabeth has a poodle almost like it. He is into science and Miss Elizabeth is into parties and balls. The two dogs get mixed up and she goes home with the wrong dog. The man who is courting her is not liked by her dog so he hires a man to kidnap the dog but he gets the wrong dog. Miss Elizabeth and the duke decide to work together to find his dog and then they kidnap the other dog. Without giving the story away they realize they love each other and who is behind the kidnapping. It is an interesting story.

A Duke who’s singularly focused on his scientific research is yanked out of his controlled life when a mixup occurs. Tasked with watching his aunt’s poodle Lancelot while she’s out of town, the Duke of Woriton finds himself in a tangle when Lady Elizabeth “Bitsy” and her poodle Galahad accidentally knock him into the Serpentine. Elizabeth’s would be suitor, the rather detestable Peter Cordray, concocts a scheme to have Elizabeth’s dog kidnapped only to have the thief accidentally take Lancelot instead. What follows is the Duke discovering there’s more to life outside his experiments and Lady Elizabeth finding she enjoys the company of the serious minded Duke. Dogs are stollen, ne’er-do-well suitors are exposed and love triumphs.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

A cute mystery romance with the Duke and Elizabeth and their dogs..
After a little incident that ends with the Duke getting wet and mixing up their dogs,
things get involve with a kidnapping of dogs.
A fun read..
Voluntarily reviewed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Elizabeth, or Bitsy as she’s called by most people, is a great female lead. She is your typical woman of the times but has a very kind heart. Michael, the Duke, is a scientist that doesn’t have time for the frivolous things in society. By a fluke accident involving Bitsy’s poodle & Michael’s aunt’s poodle, the two meet. Due to other circumstances, this leads to many adventures together. Highly recommend reading this to find out what happens.

Thanks to the publisher & NetGalley for advanced copy, and I give my review freely

Aristocrat Michael prefers his laboratory to a ballroom. An unfortunate encounter between his aunt's poodle Lancelot and an unmannered beast in Hyde Park leads to an accidental dog swap. Society darling Bitsy, owner of misbehaving poodle Galahad, is distraught when a dog-napper targeting her beloved pet inadvertently takes the wrong animal. Michael must find Lancelot before his aunt finds out, and Bitsy insists on helping. The unlikely allies discover an undeniable chemistry in this hilarious romantic romp.

This book is so much fun. I love scientist heroes and society belles with more to them than meets the eye. That's the case here, and Michael is happily surprised to find that Bitsy isn't some bland, spoiled girl. The dognapping scenario is clever, funny, and ultimately endearing in its conclusion. If you like Regency rom com, you won't want to miss this.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

I smiled the entire length of this book even though there was some serious dog-napping going on. From the moment the two lead characters graced the page, I knew I was going to love them – and I did. When you have a brilliant, but perhaps absent-minded (distracted) Duke and the season’s diamond together on an adventure – well, that is just what you get – an adventure.

Michael Bromley, the Duke of Woriton, does not care in the least about the ton or society in general. He knows they think he is eccentric and perhaps a tad mad, but he just doesn’t care. He doesn’t have time for all the gadding about, gossiping, and talking all around a subject but never directly saying anything. Not him. He says exactly what he means and he says it plainly. He’s not rude, his mind is just always filled with scientific calculations and inventions so it never occurs to him to engage in small talk. He’d just rather stay in his home laboratory inventing things that help mankind. That is what he should have been doing instead of walking his aunt’s black poodle in the park. But he dotes on his aunt and she has left her precious dog with him for six weeks while she pays a visit to a friend. Everything was progressing swimmingly until another black poodle came barreling into him and Lancelot – and he ended up in the Serpentine. OOPS!

Elizabeth (Bitsy) Dockering was a Diamond of the Season during her first season and she’s still a Diamond in her second season. She is bright, friendly, and beloved by all. Everyone loves her – and she loves her beloved black poodle, Galahad. Yes, Galahad is a holy terror to everyone but her, but she couldn’t imagine life without him. However, bad boy Galahad has just barreled into a duke and knocked him into the water. OOPS!

Unfortunately (or is it fortunately), the dogs get mixed up and before they can be exchanged, Lancelot is dog-napped from Bitsy’s home – then Galahad is also stolen from Bitsy’s home. What? Now, Bitsy and Michael must work together to rescue the dogs before the kidnapper does away with them.

You will absolutely love the way Michael goes about hunting down the dog-nappers. It doesn’t even occur to him not to include Bitsy on the quest and they are off on a rare adventure. From Mayfair to the Rookeries, they hunt high and low for the dog nappers and the dogs – and along the way, they find they might just have something in common other than black poodles.

This was a delightfully fun and entertaining read. I absolutely adored Michael and Bitsy and the supporting characters. I think this book had a little bit of everything – disgruntled suitors, grand balls, kidnappers, circus performers, a very eccentric duke, and a diamond of the season. I know you are thinking of reading this book because you love romance – right? Well, you actually sorta/kinda end up with three romances. So, how about that?

Happy Reading!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Rating: 4.5/5
I received an eARC for my honest opinion.

This was a fun regency rom-com. The Duke Michael is an eccentric scientist, who would rather hang out in his lab than be out with his peers than not other scientists until one day while out walking his aunt's dog, another dog comes and causes his peaceful time with Lancelot at the park. Bitsy, a young adult, is out on a walk with her friends and her dog, Galahad. Galahad bites the sleeve of Peter Cordray (Bitsy beaux) and runs away to another dog. They chase each other and eventually make the duke Michael fall into the lake, after getting their dogs untangled up, they finally get their own dogs to find out later that they switched them up.

I thought this was a cute, fun regency rom-com. I loved the sunshine meets grumpy, mixed with a little bit of mystery, all wrapped up in a great fun read. I loved the plot and all the characters in the book. I thought it was so cute to have the dogs as a big part of the book and having them really be the focus that brings those two cute characters together. I enjoyed that this book had a dual POV but it also showed Jimmy/Sally and of course that nasty Peter dude.

Michael, I enjoyed seeing an eccentric scientist in a book, one who would rather read his books and do his experiments than to be at a ball or any other social setting. I loved that he was not afraid to speak his mind and at times he understood that he might have come off rude and would explain.

I thought Bitsy was the perfect character/love interest for Michael. She is sweet, funny, nice and lights up any room that she goes into. I also enjoyed that she was not a snob about people and if they were different. I found that getting to learn more about Bitsy helped you get to know more about Michael because he would start to show more of himself to her.

This is the perfect book for someone who wants a fast-paced rom com, that is funny, sweet and has some really cute dogs in it.

I want to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s for the opportunity to review this book.

Every Duke Has His Day is a engaging regency, opposites attract, romp.

Suzanne Enoch give us a fun meet-cute in this clean but endearing rom-com.

I enjoyed that we got to watch the MMC develop from a grumpy science hermit, unlike lots of time there's an invisible poof and MMC goes from one state of mind to the other.

This is a delightful read for Regency Romance lovers who like there books on the less steamy side and for dog lovers too.

*** Content warning: Dognapping - no dogs are harmed (unless you count learning to enjoy chitterlings), and all dogs received their own HEAs. ***

Thank-you to St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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I found this book to be really engaging and I loved the premise. I'm a sucker for regency romance so this story was right up my alley. I am looking forward to reading other books by the author.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Michael Bromley, the Duke of Woriton, is a scientist (and eligible bachelor). Elizabeth "Bitsy" Dockering is the diamond of her second season. What happens when an accidental mix-up of their black poodles results in a calculated double dognapping? But who could be behind such a horrible act? And are Michael and Elizabeth, with their very different interests and demeanors, going to be able to team up for long enough to ensure that they get their precious companions back?

I really liked Something in the Heir, so I was excited to read another Suzanne Enoch book. This one didn't disappoint! If you like opposites attract romances, this is a definite recommendation! Every Duke Has His Day was well balanced, with the romance and other key parts of the plot feeling equally as important. I appreciated the multiple viewpoints that were explored, which was particularly important given the awful act that served as the main plot point for the book - the dognapping. In the end, though, there's a happy ending for (almost*) everyone.

*aside from the villain, thankfully!

The only thing that could have made this five stars for me would have been pushing something from the final chapter into the epilogue. Overall, this was a delightful read!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the e-ARC.

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch is a marvelous, clean, regency romance. Michael Bromley, Duke of Woriton, is not impressed with society and neither is society impressed by him. He relishes working his lab and making his staff and others go away. Elizabeth “Bitsy” Dockering, third daughter of a viscount, is the darling of the ton. She is kind to everyone and her company much sought after. They both happen to be taking care of large poodles when they meet in the park.

I loved this wonderful, slow burn, opposites attract romance. The story was filled with humor, Regency balls, and interesting historical facts. The dual POV between the Duke and Bitsy, their banter, and how they worked to together to solve a dognapping drew me in. Bitsy was a delight and I found myself wanting to join the rest of London by trying to be her friend too! I was intrigued by the well researched science experiments executed by the Duke of Woriton

Every Duke Has His Day was a pleasure to read. I laughed out loud, enjoyed immersing myself in Regency London, and appreciated the slow burn. I highly recommend Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch.

I was given a copy by the publisher and not required to write a review.

Too little romance?🤔

2.5🌟stars
This story was not the whimsical romance I had anticipated. It did have whimsy but the growing attraction between the leads is buried in Michael's (the Duke's) flights of scientific jargon and a drawn out dognapping plot. I found I could not be bothered by making it through the second half. The leads do have a good conflict and banter that evolves into respect and interest in each other. Unfortunately, it was too little and sidelined by their search for their missing poodles!

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for sharing a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest opinion.

I just finished reading Every Duke has his day by Suzanne Enoch. I absolutely loved it and all it’s components, from Hero to heroine to bad Lords, good crooks and last, but not least wonderful poodle dogs. There was a mystery, but we were privy to it. And it was great fun watching it unfold. It has seriousness, yet I would call it a light read. I have enjoyed every book that I have read by Suzanne Enoch and this is no exception.

A cute clean romance book. It reminded me of 101 Dalmatians and an old Barbra Streisand movie I grew up watching called What's Up Doc. Main characters had your classic grumpy cat and happy dog personality combo. It was fun to get the villain's POV in the story as well. That addition fleshed out the story and set it apart from the other Regency romances out there.

A fun regency rom-com, that involves dognappings, a quirky scientist, and a fun-loving woman who has many suitors' eyes. I did like how Michael was not your typical rake or introverted duke, but rather one who doesn't care for society's rules and is more interested in science than romance. His encounters with Bitsy open his eyes to what it means to have feelings for another person, but he also opens her eyes to what it's like to care for someone that doesn't fit what the world has planned for her. The dognapping story got a bit convoluted and drawn out and I did feel like the ending was a little too rushed, but overall it was a good book.

Thanks to NetGalley and St Martins for the arc.

This book was so darn cute and fun! I absolutely loved Michael and Bitsy!

A grumpy - sunshine trope is one of my favorite tropes. The fact that Michael was a science nerd and a hermit added to my enjoyment of this story. I loved that he could be grumpy and still likable. He was actually a real sweetheart.

Bitsy was exactly what Michael needed to get out of the lab. Well, her and a crazy twisted dognapping scheme that just kept getting more and more twisted.

I found myself smiling and laughing through the whole book. This also has a sweet little love story for the dognapper that I adored! And I couldn't believe it when I reached the end and realized this is extremely low steam. And I never missed it!!! Now THAT'S how romance is done.

This book is adorable and funny. I was laughing from the first paragraph.
A rude young Duke who is a scientist and very anti-social agrees to dog sit for his aunt. The dog, Lancelot, becomes entangled with the dog of Elizabeth, Galahad, and the fun begins.
Dognapping, science,
searching logically for the dogs is fun.
Enoch based the science on a Regency scientist, Micheal Farady, so the discussions of batteries and electricity are quite interesting.
There is a very cute secondary romance between the dognapper Jimmy and his neighbor Sally, who is a woman who performs with dogs. This couple show how difficult it was to earn a living at the time.
Watching the Duke evolve from a curmudgeon to a man who realizes what he is missing and slowly falls in love is the best part of the book.
There are several happy endings.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the EARC . This is my honest review.