Up All Night with a Good Duke by Amy Rose Bennett Series: The Byronic Book Club, #1, #1
Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca Publication Date: June 28, 2022
Pages: 288
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"I can think of the perfect way to keep you occupied and your mind diverted," she murmured. "Come to my room. If you're not too tired..."
Lust flashed in his gaze, and then, he caught her face between his hands and kissed her. "For you, my beautiful Artemis, I'd stay up all night."
Artemis Jones―"respectable" finishing-school teacher by day and Gothic romance writer by night―has never lost sight of her real dream: to open her own academic ladies' college. When Artemis is unexpectedly called upon by a dear friend, a fellow Byronic Book Club member, to navigate her first London Season, she comes at once. Who knows, perhaps she can court the interest of a wealthy patron for her school. As long as she can avoid her high-handed aunt's schemes to marry her off.
Dominic Winters, the widowed Duke of Dartmoor, needs a wife―someone who will provide him with an heir and help him to manage his spitfire adolescent daughter. The problem is, Society has dubbed him "The Dastardly Duke." Rumors are rife that he murdered his mad wife, so his choices for a suitable bride are limited. But then, he meets the ravishing and passionate Artemis Jones, who might just be everything he needs.
I have to say I was happy to read a historical romance with a woman who owned not only her independence and her sexuality. Artemis Jones didn’t shy away from who she was, what she wanted or what others thought of her. I loved everything about her.
After giving up her position as a teacher at a finishing school, Artemis heads to London to assist her best friend during a season that is being forced upon her, by joining the foray as well. Her hope is she’ll find a patron for the women’s college she want to open. What she got instead was sooooo much more.
Dominic was the perfect partner for Artemis. His reputation with the ton made it possible for him to forget all the other ladies of the season and befriend Artemis. The sparks flew between the two of them and you just knew these two weren’t going to be able to fight the chemistry between them. Add in her help with his teenage daughter and her friendship with his sister and it was easy to see Artemis was going to be the new duchess of Dartmoor.
This is one of my favorite historical romances of the year. It’s sexy, smart and filled with witty banter. It’s definitely a book I recommend to everyone.
Shannon
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