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Two Nights with the Duke
Book 3 of The Silver Dukes
by Meara Platt

Pub Date Feb 25 2025
Dragonblade Publishing

DESCRIPTION

A runaway bride. A duke with a sinful reputation. Can she trust his offer of love and protection?

Malcolm MacRae, Duke of Camborne, is one of the ton’s most sought-after bachelors. But when his latest scandal is too much even for him, he decides to return home to Scotland to contemplate his rakehell ways. However, a broken coach wheel strands him in the seacoast village of Arbroth, where he secures accommodations at an inn for the next two nights. What he does not expect is to find the loveliest lady he has ever set eyes upon fast asleep in his bed. Is it a sign? Is he ready to reform his rakish ways? And when Lady Jocelyn MacRaine can only be saved by finding herself a husband, will he step up and offer her marriage?

Lady Jocelyn had no idea being a runaway bride could be so difficult. She is now short of funds, cold, hungry, and stranded in Arbroth—quite a fall for an earl’s coddled daughter. When she overhears two maids at the inn discussing one of their guests and learns he is not expected to return for the night, she convinces the innkeeper’s naïve son that she is the guest’s wife. She falls asleep in the comfort of his bed, intending to leave before he returns—and is then rudely awakened when the impossibly handsome man returns early. What is she to do now?

Two Nights with the Duke is a lighthearted Regency historical romance, the third in the Silver Duke series. Enjoy the read as these heroes who seem to have it all find the one thing that has eluded them throughout their lives…love.

REVIEW

Lady Jocelyn is an entertaining heroine! Though intelligent she makes some seriously stupid mistakes that end up with her in the Duke of Camborne’s inn bed while she is on the run. I think readers will agree that one of her endearing qualities is being able to turn things around quickly with a positive spin and her kindness.

Malcolm MacRae, Duke of Camborne, a silver duke, is not interested in marriage or love but he for all his faults he is honorable. He makes it quite clear that he only does relationships with mistresses or married women so finding Jocelyn in his bed throws him for a loop.

What follows is a fun time for the reader as Camborne tries to keep her safe and protected without being too involved emotionally. For added drama there are some purely evil people in the story and lots of drama so the reader will not want to put the book down till they get to the last page.

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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