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Project Duchess (Duke Dynasty #1)

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This is the first in a new series of Duke Dynasty from Sabrina Jeffries. What an interesting family this series will cover… Dowager Duchess, Lydia Wolfe has now been widowed for the third time, but over the years she has manage to bare five children, and three of her sons are Dukes! The infamous Lady Lydia has had the honour of being married to three Dukes herself! How fun, I am excited to see where this series takes us.

The begin the series, we meet the first born son of Dowager Duchess Lydia, Fletcher “Grey” Pryde, 5th Duke of Greycourt. He is a stern man that the gossips love to run through the wringer! His reputation is that of a libertine, but he has not given justice to such rumours since his early days. Summoned to his estranged families side as they drive for the third husband of her Grace. While in the country he meets the poor relation of his half brother and can’t help being mesmerized by her original nature.

Beatrice Wolfe lives a simple life and tries her best to be useful for her cousins… they are generously letting her and her injured veteran brother live in the estate dowager house while her brother acts as head gamekeeper. Being a the poor relation is difficult and is only made worse when her and her brother are suspected of murdering their uncle. Can her new relationship with her her cousins half-brother, Gray help secure her anther brothers future> Or is he cozening up to her to unlock her secrets…

I highly enjoyed this book and the characters had interesting backgrounds that brought a depth to them. I am looking forward to the next instalment in this series and highly recommend this on to start! 

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Kensington Books (Zebra) through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
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 Original Review Date: June 13, 2019

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