A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby

Rogues and Remarkable Women - Book 1

by Vanessa Riley

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

The Widows Grace, an underground group of widows working together to fight back against legal injustices put upon them due to their widowhood has found Patience Jordan and taken up her plight. When Patience was been widowed with a small babe, her husbands’ uncle swooped in and seized control… that’s not the worst of it, he banishes her to Bedlam and keeps her baby boy hostage!

After the Widows Grace gets her released from Bedlam, Patients clandestinely reenters her home to ensure her son’s safety and feeding. She is enlisted into service by the Duke of Repington as he storms the home with his troops to rescue the baby, his ward.

Now Patience must keep up her ruse to be with her son. She dreams of returning to her homeland in the West Indies where she will be respected and she and her son will be free of English rules… that is until she starts to get closer to the Duke and finds that under his rule, she may find happiness.

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This was an intriguing story. I have read many historical romances and very few showcase the racism prevalent at the time. This book also gave a realistic insight into the lack of rights awarded to widows and women in general. I adored the Widows Grace group and I am excited to see whom they will help out next.

Overall, the plot of this book held my attention and had me not putting this book down. I would have liked a little more steam with my romance, but that maybe the authors style, this was my first book from Vanessa Riley. Lastly the POV flipped a lot between Patience na d the Duke, where she was written in the first person and he was the third. It took me a little to get used to that, but it did not take away from the captivating plot.

A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley is scheduled to release June 30th, 2020.

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

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