Duke meets shrew. Taming doesn’t happen.
Neville Perceval, the bankrupt Duke of Anglesey, has been burdened since youth with more responsibility than one man should handle. He has finally accepted that he needs to marry a wealthy, gracious lady who will ease his burdens and smooth his political path.
Fiona MacDermot, the rebellious, untamed cousin of an Irish earl, has the freedom and independence Neville has never known. Like the duke, she needs cash to help starving villagers and orphans. Unfortunately, she’d rather earn a living than have anything to do with useless men, and the politicians she knows all belong at the wrong end of a rope.
But when the duke is nearly beaten to death, and Fiona’s looms are lost to a murdering thief, their lives are entangled in ways that threaten their futures. Lust shouldn’t factor into their destinies, but it does, and now they have to find their dreams together, or die trying.
The Irish Duchess (Regency Nobles #3) A book about conquering fears and love overcoming whatever obstacles are in your path. The 1822 Irish/English setting is wonderfully described although some of the political aspects of the story dragged on. Overall, the characters were fun to read about and were described clearly for their different personalities. The romance between the two characters was enjoyable but fell a little flat against the backdrop of the political scene.Â
How Opposites Attract We first meet Neville Perceval, Duke of Anglesey, when he assumes the title but no capital to run his estate. He considers marrying his cousin, Lady Blanche Perceval, who has inherited the Perceval fortune from her grandfather. Neville dresses impeccably, follows conventional practices, but suffers from being raised without love. We first meet Fiona MacDermot as an unruly young teenager and wildly proud of her Irish heritage (she is the granddaughter of an Irish earl). Physically, Neville is of…
The Irish Duchess (and her unworthy spouse) When exuberant and independent Fiona MacDermot conceived the idea of marrying a wealthy English lord in order to provide money for looms for the people of her village, she never anticipated marriage to a nearly penniless Duke. Equally determined to marry for money, Neville Perceval, Duke of Anglesey, had no intention of being found in a compromising position with an impoverished cousin of an Irish earl. Will this unlikely couple find a lasting love while fighting corrupt politicians, facing…