Quick Facts
- Release Date: May 29, 2015
- Page Count: 342
- Publisher: Elisa Braden
- Kindle Unlimited? No
This is my third read-through of this book, and although it is the second in Elisa Braden’s, Rescued from Ruin, series, I specifically chose to write a review for The Truth About Cads and Dukes because it’s that great.
Synopsis
Lady Jane Huxley is a wallflower to the first degree. Most aptly described as “Plain Jane,” she is pale, bespeckled, painfully shy, and on the wrong side of curvy. The night she decides to put her reputation on the line for someone she thought was a friend is the night everything changes.
Harrison, the Duke of Blackmore, is not known for his warmth. cordiality, or really even civility. Having undergone scandal for the last three seasons at the hands of his brother, he finds himself yet again cleaning up his brother’s mess. To save Lady Jane not only from her own ruin, but from the downfall of her three younger sisters’ reputations, he offers his much-coveted hand in marriage. But the voice in the back of his head warns that it wasn’t just his sense of chivalry that drove him to ask for her hand. It is something about her. And it terrifies him.
Review
I should start by saying this is my third read-through of this book, and although it is the second in Elisa Braden’s, Rescued from Ruin, series, I specifically chose to write a review for The Truth About Cads and Dukes because it’s that great.
I always love when books have heroines who are not picture perfect. Although reasonable, there are only so many books I can read about girls with great bodies and shiny hair who don’t realize how beautiful they are. This is just unrealistic – not to mention disheartening for those of us less-than-perfect humans. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Jane is immediately someone you root for. She has all the warmth that Harrison is missing, and I absolutely loved watching her bring out the best in him.
Watching Harrison’s control quickly snap is beyond fun, not just because it starts with uncontrolled lust *cue fan* but because he begins as such a rigid character. His facade will inevitably crack, and it is this inevitability that consistently makes me unable to put down the book every time I read it.
Summary
The Truth About Cads and Dukes, along with the whole Rescued from Ruin series, fully deserves 5 out of 5 stars. Any romance reader, specifically those who enjoy stories set during the Georgian/Regency period, will not regret picking up this book. It can be read as a stand-alone novel, although the supporting characters are engaging enough to make you want to read the rest anyways.
Link to Author’s website: https://www.elisabraden.com/
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