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A Duke, the Spy, an Artist, and a Lie

A Duke, the Spy, an Artist, and a Lie


Rogues and Remarkable Women - Book 3

by Vanessa Riley

⭐⭐⭐ /5


Vanessa Riley is back with more Rogues and Remarkable Women!

In The Duke, The Spy, an Artist and a Lie we are back on the shores or England and Jamaica as we travel through the ups and downs of Lord Gantry and Cecilia Thomas’ relationship.

These two meet while Gantry is on a spy mission in Jamaica. A chance encounter brings them together and they decide to take a chance on each other and marry after their first encounter. But this is not a love match, but one of convenience and attraction. Cecilia’s gets the adventure she craves and Gantry gets a a new wife…

Now we flip to their wedded unbliss! Gantry, a typical man has no clue that Cecilia is miserable as he galavants around in service to the crown, while she is stuck in a home where her sister-in-law rules and she is mistreated due to her ethnicity.

At a breaking point she decides to leave… now fool Gantry begins his search to bring home the wife he never bothered to know while he had her…

Wow- this was a hard pill to swallow. I’m not a fan of the marriage in trouble trope- it stresses me out too much! But I held on and made it to the HEA in this tale. Was it easy? No! But like any relationship where choices were made in haste, communication is lacking and there is great amounts of time spent separated, it’s not going to be an easy fix. I was glad I stuck this out and was happy at the revelations made in the journey to reconciliation!



A Duke, the Spy, an Artist, and a Lie by Vanessa Riley is scheduled to release April 6th, 2022.



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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