SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: Author Sara Bennett put together a very interesting storyline with some intriguing characters and some surprising dark plot twists.

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Dalliance with the Duchess
Book 3 of Disgraceful Duchesses
by Sara Bennett

Pub Date Nov 29 2024
Dragonblade Publishing

DESCRIPTION

Far from being enemies, Sophia and Nicholas discover they are ideally matched. Can they find a happy ever after?

Ten years after marrying the Duke of Oldney, Sophia is a widow, living quietly without the society intrigue and gossip she once craved. But when the man she hates, Nicholas Blake, asks for her help to save his young friend from Oldney’s vicious friends, Sophia agrees to return to a world she now despises. Nicholas has only ever been her adversary, but as they work closely together, loathing turns to irresistible desire. Could she have been wrong about him?

Nicholas Blake has always found Sophia fascinating, even when they were sworn enemies, but suddenly blazing anger has turned into unstoppable passion. How can he focus on important matters like saving his friend and finding his missing sister, when all he can think about is Sophia?

And now that she has put herself in danger to help him, he must do everything in his power to keep her safe.

REVIEW

Author Sara Bennett put together a very interesting storyline with some intriguing characters and some surprising dark plot twists that keeps the reader guessing to the very end of her book. Her character depth makes this a book that was not boring.

I thoroughly enjoyed this enemies to common purpose storyline with Sophia instantly snagging my attention with how as a widow she overcomes much adversity caused by her deceased husband and his band of debauched friends. After her husbands death she turns her life around in spite of the gossips and becomes well loved by those close to her when suddenly Nicholas enters her life and starts to disrupt the calm life she created.

Nicholas Blake starts to spend time with Sophia when he comes seeking her help with a friend that is dear to him, but his hidden agenda is what drives him and causes him to be so focused, which annoys Sophia. The reader will enjoy the tension between them because it is well executed.

To be honest there isn’t much I can say in my review without giving away the plot other than you need to read this. The description on the book cover is only a small part of this story. It is not what you suspect it is about, as much as it’s about love and redemption.

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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