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Love, The Duke by Amelia Grey Series: Say I Do #3
Published by St. Martin's Press on April 1, 2025
Genres: Historical Romance
Pages: 320
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley
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When the Duke of Hurstbourne receives a letter from his childhood friend asking him to marry his sister Ophelia, Hurst declines. He’s not adverse to taking a bride, but he believes in love at first sight that stirs his desire―not marriage sight-unseen.
Adhering to society’s strict propriety for ladies, Ophelia Stowe has no choice but to present herself as a man to seek the Duke of Hurstbourne’s favor. If not for the dire situation she finds herself in, she wouldn’t have asked for help from the handsome man who had rebuffed her. When the alluring duke’s response is a plan of his own, Ophelia never dreams it would be a proposal of a marriage of convenience.
But the stakes are high, and the good name of the Stowe family will be damaged if a missing antiquity isn’t found. When she accepts his offer, she quickly finds she isn’t immune to the passion building between her and her new husband―or how real the marriage begins to feel.
Sometimes fate gives you a second chance. When the Duke of Hurstbourne receives a letter his childhood friend is dying and would like Hurst to marry his sister so he knows she will be cared for, he respectfully declines. How could anyone possibly marry someone sight unseen? However, after said sister, Ophelia, comes to his house requesting his help to find a stolen relic, the Duke thinks maybe he might have made an error by not at least meeting her before the dismissal. Ophelia is having a bugger of a time trying to convince him to assist her on her quest to find the chalice before someone thinks her brother stole it before he died.
Love, the Duke is the third and final story in the Say I Do series. Both of Hurst friends have found their true loves and it is their turn to watch the show as a woman slowly wraps Hurst around her little finger. It is a bit slow going in the beginning as the search for the chalice involves trying to covertly interrogate some of society. Ophelia has a few clues and a list of possible gentry that would be interested in the chalice. However she and Hurst can’t seem to agree on the best way to attack the problem. A few sparks fly as fly as they attempt to figure it out.
This is a cute story that doesn’t have some of the tension I saw in the other books in this series. Ophelia took some time to warm to. She seemed very impulsive and struggled with having patience when interrogating some of the suspects. Hurst is a little broken due to his childhood and struggled to open up to our heroine. I was glad when we finally got his origin story.
My favorite couple from the series was in Your Truly, The Duke. While I didn’t think Love, the Duke was as good, I would say that overall, this is an easy, fast and cute historical romance read.
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Oops, he missed his opportunity there. LOL Too bad it didn’t have the tension of the previous books for you.
To be fair the first book had one of my favorite tropes of strangers marry.
Their meeting was cute though.
I feel like I’ve read some by this author. I’ll have to check out and see what book 1 is all about. So maybe 😀
I’ve read a few books in a different series by this author. They have been solid reads
Sounds like this was only an okay read for you. Sorry it wasn’t as good as the others it sounds like. Thanks for sharing your review!
Definitely an okay read, but nothing really outstanding for me in it.