ARC Review: A Duke in Time Saves Nine (Dukes in Danger #4) by Emily E.K. Murdoch
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Series: Dukes in Danger #4
Author: Emily E.K. Murdoch
Published June 23rd 2023 by Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Goodreads Synopsis
Byron Renwick, Duke of Sedley, is a man on a mission. Vengeance fills his soul, and he will stop at nothing to gain justice.
Which is why he finds himself chasing after a mail coach in the dead of night with a mysterious and rather beautiful passenger. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. After discovering the Glasshand Gang’s plans to rob a mail coach, Byron was determined to catch them in the act and bring them to justice.
Missing the mail coach, and accidently letting slip to a woman that everyone in the mail coach was in danger? Also, not the plan.
Anne Mead has just put her darling younger sister on that mail coach and won’t take no for an answer from the strange gentleman who seems to know the nine people on that coach are now risking their lives. She tells him in no uncertain Anne is going with him. Together, they’ll save her sister.
But secrets on both sides threaten to surface in their race against time, as Byron keeps his title and more to himself, and Anne resists spilling the truth about her family.
And a sequence of inns with only one bed available doesn’t help…
With nine lives hanging in the balance, will Byron and Anne be able to put their bickering aside to rescue them—or will their growing attraction prove more of a distraction?
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.
Byron Renwick, Duke of Sedley, only thinks about stopping the Glasshand Gang who killed his father, and destroyed his brother. Hellbent on revenge, he chases the Dover mail coach, but not alone. Miss Anne Mead, Nancy to her friends, has been both sister and parent to her younger brother and sister since their parents deaths. When Matthew is injured and missing in France, Nancy puts younger sister Beth on the mail coach, hoping she will be able to find their brother and return home safely. However, Nancy overhears Byron state that all those on the coach are at risk by the Glasshand Gang, and stows away with him. Initially angry with each other, they soon find a camaraderie in the face of adversity. But Byron is hiding the fact he is a duke, and Nancy is struggling to hide her growing feelings.
I've really been enjoying this series, and this book was no different. Byron and Nancy both had big responsibilities on their hands, and though both were from the ton, Byron was not seen as a respectable Duke, and Nancy's family fell from grace when their father lost their fortune. They were so well matched for each other, though this did bring its own problems. They bickered like an old married couple from the moment they met, and it was hilarious to see how pigheaded each of them could be. I did wish that they were both more open about themselves and their families, but I understood that reticence to be vulnerable. The climax of the story was great, and I can see that it is helping to set the stage for book 5.
Dates Read:
August 23, 2023
Rating
3 Stars
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