and the more he sees her, the harder it is for Phillip to keep his own secret desire for her a secret. Now, twelve years later, Maria discovers that the man who holds her fate in his hands is none other than the haughty gentleman who sent her packing-and he's as handsome and arrogant as ever.Īlways the proper gentleman, Phillip will do anything to protect his family from scandal, and when Maria dares to move in right next door, he knows scandal will surely follow. But Phillip Hawthorne, Marquess of Kayne, put a stop to those plans when he learned his younger brother intended to marry a cook's daughter. Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / American, Fiction / Romance / Historical / General, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Victorian Published by Harper Collins on October 6, 2009 There is nothing particularly new in The Wicked Ways of a Duke, but it is a pleasant enough read.Secret Desires of a Gentleman by Laura Lee Guhrke Historicity is reasonable in this novel, although the dialogue occasionally slips into modern American words and phrases, which Cyres is a typical rake who is hiding a terrible family secret, but he sees in Prudence a chance for love and a woman Is a great character, a self-contained and yet also romantic girl whose motives are good and whose opportunities in life suddenly become so much greater. The Wicked Ways of a Duke is an enjoyable and readable story set in the time of Queen Victoria. Of course, building lies upon lies is always likely to cause a problem in the end. If she thinks him a fortune hunter, she won't marry him, so he pretends that he doesn't know. Rhys de Winter, the duke, hasĪlso learned that Prudence is an heiress, yet he thinks the only way to get her to marry him is to woo her the traditional way.
However, when Prudence discovers she isĪn heiress due an amazing sum of money, she begins to wonder if she could have him. Cyres, she thinks he is wonderful - but of course a seamstress is nothing to an aristocrat.
Prudence is a seamstress whose illegitimacy has meant she lives on the margins of society. Book review: Laura Lee Guhrke's *The Wicked Ways of a Duke*Įast meets West across time and tradition as three young American women and their Indian immigrant mothers take first steps toward true sisterhood, shattering secrets and sharing joy and tears in Laura Lee Guhrke's
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