ARC Review: The Duke Trap (Determined Debutantes #3) by Bianca Blythe
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Series: Determined Debutantes #3
Author: Bianca Blythe
Published May 11th 2022 by Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Goodreads Synopsis
One determined debutante. One despised duke. One brilliant plan.
Leonora Holt never expected that her two younger sisters would find love before her. Lately she’s grown disconcertingly accustomed to her brother’s sighs and hints that she needs to marry. How can she find anyone when one dreadful man, the Duke of Dartmouth, is intent on reminding all the ton of her mother’s scandal?
Sebastian, the Duke of Dartmouth, knows he should probably forget how the Holt family destroyed the last years of his father’s life. At one point, he even considered Leonora Holt his best friend. Of course, that had been when he was ten, and he’s achieved far more wisdom since then. He’s also gained a secret, but that’s something he has no intention of ever revealing.
Leonora is determined to trap Sebastian. If his reputation is maligned, perhaps he will halt disparaging her family.
Fortunately, she has the perfect plan, one that absolutely does not involve falling in love with the duke herself.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
Miss Leonora Holt has seen her sisters find love and happiness, but she can't see that in her future. Her brother, though, is acting like it's more than time that she should be married, but with Sebastian, Duke of Dartmouth, not letting anyone forget about her mother's scandalous nude portraits, there's not many men willing to marry her. Sebastian has a vendetta against the Holt family. Their estate neighbours his own, and he's always believed that their father was the cause of his own father's death, so he will do whatever it takes to ruin the Holt's. And Leonora angers him the most, though that could have more to do with his feelings for her - after all, it's hard to be attracted to your nemesis. When they plan to stop the other in their tracks, they're inevitably thrown together, and soon they learn the the line between love and hate is closer than they think.
I've been waiting for this book for so long. Whenever these two were together in the previous books, it was clear their attraction was off the charts, and their story was going to be great. I felt like the enemies to lovers trope was executed perfectly in The Duke Trap, and I really enjoyed the fact that they used to be friends when they were young, and reconnecting was good for them. Maybe this was a little too full of angst, but it was definitely enjoyable, and lived up to all expectations. My favourite in the series!
Dates Read:
April 30, 2022
Rating
3 Stars
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