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Spindle Cove (Book 4)
Pauline Simms is a serving girl in Spindle Cove, AKA “Spinsters Cove”, vacation spot for unmarried women looking for a husband. Pauline has no illusions about her life; she takes care of her challenged sister, works hard, and hopes to one day have her own bookshop. Then she meets Griffin York, the Duke of Halford.
The Duchess of Halford, Griff’s mother, has dragged her son off to Spindle Cove to find a wife. He has no interest, and decides to teach his interfering mother a lesson. She demands he picks a woman, any woman, at the tavern, and she will train her to become a duchess. Of course he chooses Pauline.
The Duchess abides by her bargain and the Duke makes a deal with the serving girl; she must submit to a week of Duchess training by his mother, and fail miserably. He will pay her enough money to move out of her father’s house and open her own bookshop.
The Duchess is nobody’s fool and even she can see that there is an attraction between her son and Pauline, but neither of them will admit to it. Shades of “My Fair Lady” run throughout, along with some light humor and some interesting sex, including a bit of S&M.
This is a well written historical, sexy romance, and a really fun read.
5/14 Stacy Alesi, AKA the BookBitch
ANY DUCHESS WILL DO by Tessa Dare. Avon (May 28, 2013). ISBN 978-0062240125. 384p.
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