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| Title | : | The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister #1) |
| Author | : | Courtney Milan |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 270 pages |
| Published | : | December 8th 2012 by Courtney Milan (first published December 6th 2012) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Historical Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Regency. Adult |
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ebook | Pages: 270 pages Rating: 3.82 | 21369 Users | 2302 Reviews
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Sometimes love is an accident.This time, it’s a strategy.
Miss Minerva Lane is a quiet, bespectacled wallflower, and she wants to keep it that way. After all, the last time she was the center of attention, it ended badly—so badly that she changed her name to escape her scandalous past. Wallflowers may not be the prettiest of blooms, but at least they don't get trampled. So when a handsome duke comes to town, the last thing she wants is his attention.
But that is precisely what she gets.
Because Robert Blaisdell, the Duke of Clermont, is not fooled. When Minnie figures out what he’s up to, he realizes there is more to her than her spectacles and her quiet ways. And he’s determined to lay her every secret bare before she can discover his. But this time, one shy miss may prove to be more than his match...
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| Original Title: | The Duchess War |
| ISBN: | 1937248097 (ISBN13: 9781937248093) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.courtneymilan.com/theduchesswar.php |
| Series: | Brothers Sinister #1 |
| Characters: | Robert Blaisdell, Duke of Clermont, Minerva Lane, Violet Waterfield, Countess of Cambury, Sebastian Malheur, Lydia Charingford |
| Setting: | Leicester, England,1863(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | RONE Award for Historical, Post Medieval (2013) |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 21369 Users | 2302 ReviewsNotice About Books The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister #1)
This book started off GREAT, and I loved, loved, loved it for the first 50%. Couldn't put it down! Then it started to meander and got a bit slower, and we get some manufactured drama between Robert and Minnie that felt a bit false for them, but I didn't mind. In truth, the book could have - maybe should have - ended there. For me, the last 30% of the book dragged and dragged. (view spoiler)[Maybe it was because the romance aspect of the story has been given a backseat, and instead it spends aRobert is bae. Robert is love. Robert is life.I fucking love Robert.I fucking love this book. It even had a Raahoshing scene. So much YAS.5 marry-me-robert StarsThanks fot the buddy read you awesome people over at Unapologetic Romance Readers!
I am dying to read a good romance, but why is it virtually impossible to find one that at least makes some logical sense?!Search continues...
Update Oct 21st, 2017I've noticed that, whenever I re-read a Courtney Milan book, how much I am used to the generic male lead characterisation of a possessive, jaw-grinding, growling man who only thinks with his dick. And then Courtney Milan comes along and actually says what it's like to be ruled by a dick, at least where the heroine is concerned. I guess the best thing to do whenever I re-read this book, is to update my review with quotes. This time it's about 'tits'...more or less. Hed
If anyone else had written this book I wouldn't have noticed the flaws. It's still a good book, but Milan has set the bar pretty high, so I was very aware when things went wrong.Minerva Lane goes by the name Wilhelmina Pursling. She has a huge secret in her past, Minerva Lane having been destroyed in society rather than just ruined, and it would be disastrous for her true identity to become public. So she has spent her life incognito in the care of her "aunts". She dresses like a mouse, she acts
This probably shouldn't have been my first Milan book. I knew going in that a few people didn't like The Duchess War as much as some of her other works but since I'd been wanting to try the author and got a galley for book 2 of the series, I figured 'why not?'. I wasn't a fan. I mean, it wasn't bad or anything. The book wasn't on the level of 'asparagus pee' bad, but I wasn't feeling it either. There was something missing from the equation. Without lush historical descriptions or witty banter, I
If this was set in modern times, it would be a cool story of a girl who identified as a boy for her first 12 years of life being raised by an older lesbian couple. But, this is the ye old days.Bigots!So, poor Minnie has to act like a good girl and find herself a husband. This means that she isn't allowed to do the boy things anymore, like have an opinion, act smart, or burp the alphabet. Okay, I guess the last thing is probably good. As a mother of two boys I can attest to the fact that they can
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