The Spinster and the Rake

Never a Wallflower, Book 1

by Eva Devon

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

Ooooh!!! I love a book that gets right into the action from the first chapter!

A matter of mistaken identity finds our icy Duke engaged to a local woman at the edge of genteel respectability when they are found kissing at his ball. Though Thornfield my have the countenance of a block of ice, his sense of honour and duty will not allow him to ignore his responsibilities. This finds our un-likely soon-to-be duchess Georgiana busy learning all the things she will need to know to become a proper and respectable duchess.

Our Duke and Duchess may seem like and unlikely paring, but add some shared interest, honesty and mutual respect and these two are electric. When our icy duke shares his true self and Georgiana accepts all of him, my heart melted!!

I was captured by immediately by our arrogant Duke and our bookish and barely gentry heroine. They have sparks from the beginning and continue to challenge and bring out the best parts of each other, even when they don’t know it, throughout the whole story! This book had all the great elements from Pride and Prejudice and My Fair Lady to make it a must read!

The only thing that had me confused was the labeling of Georgiana as a spinster. She had older sisters, that were not considered spinsters, I feel she was more a wallflower or a bluestocking…

The Spinster and the Rake by Eva Devon is scheduled to release February 9th, 2021.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Entangled Publishing and NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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