Thank you for joining me on the blog tour for The Duke's Temptation by Raven McAllan. Today I will be sharing my review but first of all let's take a look at the description for the book...
Publisher Totally
Bound
Publication Dates
Pre
order 10 October
Early
download 24 October
General
release 21 November
Tortured duke Gibb Alford has vowed
never to love again... until a beautiful French knife thrower brings him to his
knees.
When Gibb Alford, Duke of Menteith,
saves a beautiful French knife thrower from the unwanted attentions of a fellow
aristocrat he is ill-prepared for the immediate tug of attraction to the
beautiful Evangeline. Widowed, he has sworn off love forever, so he can well do
without this temptation.
Evangeline certainly doesn’t want the
complication of being in the sights of one smoky-eyed Scottish Duke. She’s a
lady on a mission, with no time for love or dalliance.
However, fate and life have other plans
and gradually Gibb and Evangeline become a couple.
As each struggle with the demons of
their pasts, Evangeline finds life in the ton difficult. The spurned aristocrat
Gibb saved her from, is not prepared to give in and retire gracefully. And
while Gibb fights the man, he also declares war on his own emotions. When
Evangeline’s past is revealed to her, everything changes. She has a decision to
make.
Fight for Gibb—or flee to a safe but
unfulfilled future.
As for her Duke… All is fair in love
and war—right?
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I think
that most people who read my blog know that on occasion I love to curl up with
a gorgeous historical romance story. They easily pull you into another time and I love
that about them.
The first
thing to mention about The Duke's Temptation is how strong the lead characters are especially Evangeline.
Gibb is a troubled hero so if you like a brooding lead he is ideal. There is a
definite spark between the pair from the first time they meet. Even though they
try to deny it, making their friendship even more enjoyable to see play out.
Evangeline is pretty different too after all I haven’t come across a knife
thrower before especially in a woman of that time.
This book
will keep you interested in both characters especially as the plot develops
with Gibb and Evangeline getting to know each other better. The pacing is good
and I actually read half the book in one sitting only putting it down as it was
way past my bedtime!
The
characters have their faults but this makes them a little bit more engaging I
guess. This story has just the right amount of romance to melt your heart but not going overboard on the sweetness factor. The ending was pretty perfect and left me smiling away to myself. If you are a fan of historical romance this could be an ideal story to
pick up. It has all the wonderful things about that genre but also some added
extras to make it feel a little bit different too.
Four
stars from me!
With
thanks to Jenny at Neverland Blog Tours for my copy. This is my honest and
unbiased opinion.
Well what can I say?
I'm growing old disgracefully and
loving it.
Dh and I live on the edge of a Scottish
forest, and rattle around in a house much too big for us. Our kids have
grown up and flown the nest, but roll back up when they want to take a deep
breath and smell the daisies so to speak.
I write in my study, which overlooks
the garden and the lane. I'm often seen procrastinating, by checking out the
wild life, looking—only looking—at the ironing basket and assuring tourists
that indeed, I'm not the bed and breakfast. That would mean cooking fried eggs
without breaking the yolks, and disturbing the dust bunnies as they procreate
under the beds. Not to be thought of.
Being able to do what I love, and
knowing people get pleasure from my writing is fantastic.
Long may it last.
Author Links
https://www.facebook.com/ravenandkera (my
page)
https://www.facebook.com/ravenmcallanandkerafaire (author
page)
http://amzn.to/2r3i55e (Amazon.
com page)
http://amzn.to/2r32baI (Amazon
UK)
Giveaway
This giveaway is for 2 prizes.
A paperback copy of one of Raven's previous Regency books, “The Earl and the Courtesan” which is UK only
and a Ecopy
which is open Internationally.
A paperback copy of one of Raven's previous Regency books, “The Earl and the Courtesan” which is UK only
and a Ecopy
which is open Internationally.
Thank you so much for hosting me and for your review :)
ReplyDeleteIt was my pleasure x :)
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