Quite the beginning with Charlotte and Phillip meeting on the road to Scotland; a lot of intensity between these two characters right off the bat.
I found myself secretly cheering on Charlotte's lack of "proper" manners toward Phillip the Duke (the American in me) .
Oh yes Charlotte does my American heart proud when the MacKenna's want to attack Phillip. Charlotte takes one man out, and helps shoot another while she calmly tells Phillip to run "and this time don't diddle around" hahaha
Crrraaazzzy moment when after Phillip and Charlotte are laying about in afterglow and she is dreamily thinking she found her duke he tells her she is not going back to London without him. She thinks it's because he loves her and then he tells her its because now he has a secret that would ruin her (she had a secret against him, so he needed something to have equal footing). I can't even describe this moment and how spectacular Maxwell did at writing this part because it completely took me by surprise what Phillip said.
The storyline of Phillip having a twin brother added a dimension to the story. The character of Tavis or Justin as he was named when he was baby is intriguing especially being the twin born first so Phillip turns out not to be the true Duke. (Can't wait to read Justin's story!)
Phillip was kind of an a-hole during most of the book. He spent most the time claiming he could never marry Charlotte, which given the time period and class issues yes I know is realistic but it's a romance book dammit those issues should be ignored. He was straight up prickish to her but then when she left him, the old you don't know what you have until you lost it spurred him into action. I do wonder though if he would have still married her if he was going to remain the Duke. Anyway, the ending seemed rushed to me with Phillip seeing the light a bit fast after pages and pages of having him think she was too "below" him. The beginning of the book was good with Charlotte and Phillip's battling, in fact I really thought it was going to be a keeper. However, the ending with Phillip denying Charlotte and suddenly with no apparent reason accepting she could be his wife not the greatest.

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The duke has a letter from Scotland, that says his older twin was not dead, but had been stolen at birth. So he travels incognito, to find out the truth and stumbled upon Charlotte, the sister who facilitated the jilting of his engagement by her sister. He needs to find the truth, and being throw together with Charlotte was not in his plans at all ( )

What a great story! I laughed and cried many times! Such wonderful writing and really engaging characters!! I love this authors work!!

My favorite book in the series!! Two characters that journey from hate to love!! I adore the extra intrigue as well. It serves up a nice chunk of steam as well!

I am currently on a Regency kick and this one was terrific!! ( )