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How To Deceive a Duke

How To Deceive a Duke

Rebels with a Cause, Book 2

by Samara Parish
🎧Audiobook narrated by Christy Woods


⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 /5


In Samara Parish’s follow up novel she brings back two characters we have already met and dives into their history and corresponding animosity towards each other. Hint: it revolves around unrequited love and broken promises!


Fiona McTavish is a scientist with a breakthrough idea - friction matches! She is in London to find investors… the only problem is that she’s a woman, whom men do not want to work with and she has also been mistaken as a treasonous activist!


That’s ok- because she goes way back with the Duke of Wildeford. A duke can solve any problem! But… she has a history with him and doesn’t actually want anything to do with him… she’ll accept his help with her legal issues, but Fiona insists on letting her invention and work speak for itself.


Oh boy! This book was a wild ride! I loved the intelligent and motivated Fiona, but the strong willed, idealistic and naive Fiona drove me crazy! I was literally yelling at my book! But a character that captures that much emotion from a reader is a good one! As for Edward, the Duke of Wildforde extreme devotion to his family honour and perception rankled me, but his care and attention he gave to Fiona and her wishes and ideas made me root for him! Needless to saw there were many highs and low, with plenty of angst as these two interacted!


I loved the class difference reversal in this book compared to the last and appreciated the increase in steamy interactions- these two were definitely an explosive pairing!


🎧I was fortunate to receive an audiobook arc and was transfixed by narrator, Christy Woods use of accents and her variation between characters, even the side characters were provided with unique and appropriate voices. This excellent voice work really transplanted me into the story and had me very invested in the outcome. This was a pleasurable book to listen to and the audio definitely enhanced the storytelling.



How To Deceive a Duke by Samara Parish is scheduled to release January 25th, 2022.



I received a complimentary copy of this book from Forever Grand Central Publishing through NetGalley and the audiobook from Hachette Audio. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.


 

 

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