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STORY BRIEF:
Felicity's parents are assumed dead. The solicitor who controls her inheritance won't give her any money for a season (to find a husband). She, her sister, and her cousin come to London anyway. Felicity finds a house that will be vacant for a while. She breaks in and has the locks changed.

Four years ago Felicity sent a letter to the Duke's heir (Thatcher) saying she wanted to marry a duke and thought he would be a good choice. Thatcher was in the army at the time. Thatcher's grandfather (the Duke) thought her letter was entertaining, so he began corresponding with her pretending to be Thatcher. This lasted four years until he died. Felicity thinks she is engaged to Thatcher due to the letters, but she has never seen him. When Thatcher returns from the military and learns about the letters, he immediately goes to Felicity to break the engagement. Because he is wearing his battered military clothing, she thinks he is the footman she hired through an agency and treats him as such. He is intrigued and amused and decides to continue the charade, pretending to be the footman.

REVIEWER'S OPINION:
This is a romance novel for someone who is not discriminating about their romance novels. The handsome, rich bachelor has no desire to marry. He meets the beautiful, clever, feisty virgin who has a charming effect on him from the moment he sees her. She has a special smile that makes him wilt (or should I say become aroused). He is entertained to see her living by her wits. He sees her good heart as she does good things for others. Within a couple of days he has fallen in love and wants to marry her. The main suspense is whether she will marry her footman for love or go after the rich Duke she has never met.

This is the type of book that turns some readers away from romance. It's fluff. It feels like a fairy tale. The main characters are formulaic. The plot could work if other things are done well, but they were not. The main reason I like romance is that good romance causes me to feel loved, desired, fulfilled, and other warm, fuzzy feelings. I didn't feel that here. I'm not sure why. Maybe because I had a hard time identifying with Felicity. Maybe because she had no vulnerabilities. A second important thing missing was watching a relationship develop. That didn't happen. He just enjoys what he sees and that's it. Apparently she realizes she is in love when he kisses her. What else was missing? Interesting, different or humorous dialogue, events, or ideas. I will say the author attempted humor by having a madcap group of characters: a pickpocket, a lock picker, a girl in love with a pirate, a drunk cook, and a promiscuous, beautiful, and very seductive former nanny. But things were not humorous to me. Not once did I smile.

Then the author used one of my pet peeves: vague communication and inaccurate assumptions to create conflict. See Spoiler below.

In summary, I was not engaged. It barely kept my interest. Who should read this? Maybe teenage girls or the young-at-heart who want a fairytale romance and don't require anything else.

CAUTION SPOILER:
Thatcher proposes marriage saying "We are to be married tomorrow." She says "Oh, I cannot do it tomorrow." She is thinking she needs more time to plan a wedding, but he thinks she is refusing to marry him. She doesn't clarify and neither does he. So he leaves not knowing what she will do. Two more minutes of conversation would have cleared this up, but the author chose to keep us in suspense. Sadly this is a common device used in most romance novels. Sometimes it is well done, but most of the time I consider it uncreative.

DATA:
Story length: 353 pages. Swearing language: mild. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 3. Number of sex scene pages: 10. Setting 1814 London, England. Copyright: 2007. Genre: regency romance.


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Love Letters from a Duke Elizabeth Boyle 9780060784034 Books Reviews

I got hooked on The Bachelor Chronicles but Love Letters from a Duke is by far my favorite. The one in the series that I re-read over and over.
While each book in the series is a stand-alone this one truly stands out individually.
I fell for the handsome footman, not the duke, and the development of the Duchess was perfect not too rushed.
This is my first book by Elizabeth Boyle and despite the negative reviews, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Love Letters from a Duke is a wonderful story and the case of mistaken identity and the power of love. It is a fast-paced tale of a woman that will not just allow life to happen, without her quirky input. But sometimes love needs a little help.
From the opening pages of when Felicity meets the grubby duke in his travelling clothes, and she in her woolen socks, and thinks he's her new footman, makes for extremely fun reading. The bk keeps you captivated till the end.
Loved the chemistry between H/H and enjoyed the secondary characters of her crazy household too. Some scenes had me grinning, especially the early ones, when Brutus meets the new duke.

The plot may not be very strong, but hey, if you like light-hearted regency read, then this ones worth a try.
I know there were negative reviews for this book, but I don't share those sentiments. I enjoy this book and I have now read it twice. First as a book and again on my . Thus, my review here. The story is plausible and very fast moving. I enjoyed Felicity's being called "Duchess" from the time she was a child and to mistake the Duke for a footman, what fun. Of course, the Duke doesn't see it that way. He wants out of the arrangement that his oh so wiley (sp?) grandfather has gotten him into. When she mistakes him for a footman, he plays along. Others know who he is and of course they keep his secret. He intends to marry her in the guise of the footman and she is waiting for him at the inn. A hurried wedding (?) is done. When she realizes what has happened, she goes to the Duke's house to tell him she can't marry him. Who does she find but her "footman". He tries to come clean but she escapes to another's house. Her new mother-in-law arrives to save the day. And all's well that ends well. I have also read other books of this series. I find them all well written and enjoyable. Elizabeth Boyle is top of the trees for me.
Let me start out with I LOVE ELIZABETH BOYLE'S BOOKS. I have all of her books and have read them; so, while waiting for a new one, I am working my way through this series (again) and I am thrilled to be re-reading it. I had forgotten how down right . . . laugh-out-loud funny this book is . . . all the way through. When you need to laugh and see the 'every cloud has a silver lining' in a dismal world whether for Felicity (a returning character from the book This Rake of Mine) or the reader; this book will do it, it is one of the wittiest books I have had the pleasure of reading. It brought me out of the doldrums posthaste. One never knows how Elizabeth comes up with these wonderful ideas and writes such delightful books.

I looked all over for the whole series in the correct order of reading them (though they can stand alone/I just love good series and characters I want to revisit). I couldn't find said list so I looked for her website . . . `wa lah'. . . . . Like magic there it was for an excellent list of all of her series and especially The Bachelor Chronicles series which this book is a part of, elizabethboyle.com Yea!
Kudos to you, Ms. Boyle, for taking the time and energy to create such a coherent list. I wish all authors were as forthcoming as you.
STORY BRIEF
Felicity's parents are assumed dead. The solicitor who controls her inheritance won't give her any money for a season (to find a husband). She, her sister, and her cousin come to London anyway. Felicity finds a house that will be vacant for a while. She breaks in and has the locks changed.

Four years ago Felicity sent a letter to the Duke's heir (Thatcher) saying she wanted to marry a duke and thought he would be a good choice. Thatcher was in the army at the time. Thatcher's grandfather (the Duke) thought her letter was entertaining, so he began corresponding with her pretending to be Thatcher. This lasted four years until he died. Felicity thinks she is engaged to Thatcher due to the letters, but she has never seen him. When Thatcher returns from the military and learns about the letters, he immediately goes to Felicity to break the engagement. Because he is wearing his battered military clothing, she thinks he is the footman she hired through an agency and treats him as such. He is intrigued and amused and decides to continue the charade, pretending to be the footman.

REVIEWER'S OPINION
This is a romance novel for someone who is not discriminating about their romance novels. The handsome, rich bachelor has no desire to marry. He meets the beautiful, clever, feisty virgin who has a charming effect on him from the moment he sees her. She has a special smile that makes him wilt (or should I say become aroused). He is entertained to see her living by her wits. He sees her good heart as she does good things for others. Within a couple of days he has fallen in love and wants to marry her. The main suspense is whether she will marry her footman for love or go after the rich Duke she has never met.

This is the type of book that turns some readers away from romance. It's fluff. It feels like a fairy tale. The main characters are formulaic. The plot could work if other things are done well, but they were not. The main reason I like romance is that good romance causes me to feel loved, desired, fulfilled, and other warm, fuzzy feelings. I didn't feel that here. I'm not sure why. Maybe because I had a hard time identifying with Felicity. Maybe because she had no vulnerabilities. A second important thing missing was watching a relationship develop. That didn't happen. He just enjoys what he sees and that's it. Apparently she realizes she is in love when he kisses her. What else was missing? Interesting, different or humorous dialogue, events, or ideas. I will say the author attempted humor by having a madcap group of characters a pickpocket, a lock picker, a girl in love with a pirate, a drunk cook, and a promiscuous, beautiful, and very seductive former nanny. But things were not humorous to me. Not once did I smile.

Then the author used one of my pet peeves vague communication and inaccurate assumptions to create conflict. See Spoiler below.

In summary, I was not engaged. It barely kept my interest. Who should read this? Maybe teenage girls or the young-at-heart who want a fairytale romance and don't require anything else.

CAUTION SPOILER
Thatcher proposes marriage saying "We are to be married tomorrow." She says "Oh, I cannot do it tomorrow." She is thinking she needs more time to plan a wedding, but he thinks she is refusing to marry him. She doesn't clarify and neither does he. So he leaves not knowing what she will do. Two more minutes of conversation would have cleared this up, but the author chose to keep us in suspense. Sadly this is a common device used in most romance novels. Sometimes it is well done, but most of the time I consider it uncreative.

DATA
Story length 353 pages. Swearing language mild. Sexual language mild. Number of sex scenes 3. Number of sex scene pages 10. Setting 1814 London, England. Copyright 2007. Genre regency romance.