Series: The Debutante Dares #3
Author: Charlie Lane
Published February 24th 2022 by WOLF Publishing
Goodreads Synopsis
This enemies-to-lovers Regency romance by Charlie Lane, shows what happens when sparks fly between a flirty second son of a duke and an inventor’s daughter.
She’s risen like a Cinderella.
He’s more charming than any prince.
They shouldn’t be together, but fate can’t resist.
A new year and a new Season means a new Lillian Clarke. She’s transformed herself from wallflower to incomparable. But she’s no Cinderella. She’s washed her hands of love and of Lord Devon, her own charming prince who barely knew she existed. She’d rather be the fairy godmother, helping invisible debutantes gain the attention they deserve on the marriage mart. But even though she’s booted Lord Devon from her heart, he’s not done with her. His sudden appearance at her home and inexplicable teasing threaten to distract her from her debutante dreams.
Lord Devon, the second son of duke, has put self-pity and scandal behind him and found a new purpose. He’ll invent a machine that improves coffee, buy a coffeehouse, and be a self-made man. He’s determined to be more than the heir’s spare, privileged but kept in case of emergency. Unfortunately, he needs the assistance of Miss Clarke’s brilliant father. And he hates Lillian Clarke for speaking the truth about him. The delectable woman thinks she’s better than him. He’ll teach her she’s not. If he can ignore the way her courage makes him smile.
When sparks in the workshop fly, Lillian and Devon invent a passion that’s more than they bargained for and complicate their paths to happily ever after.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
Lillian Clarke has spent time in the ton as a wallflower, but now that her two friends have married, she's decided to throw off her wallflower status and turn into the new season's incomparable. When it works, she's shocked, but she glad that it's allowed her the chance to forget her feelings for Lord Devon, especially after she wrote him a scathing letter at Christmas. So when Devon turns up and starts working with her father on his inventions, Lillian wonders just why she has ti put up with him. And Devon may have started working with Mr Clarke to get to Lillian, but soon he realises he has a chance to invent something special, and work towards his dream of owning a coffee shop. But Devon is as stubborn as Lillian is, and soon the feelings they've both been trying to ignore won't be denied any longer.
I was hoping that Lillian and Devon would have a story, especially when their chemistry in the previous books was just waiting to be explored. I liked them both, but they aren't my favourite couple from the series. The plot line was enjoyable, and I really liked to see how independent both Devon and Lillian were, and that they had strong goals and morals. The couple really were perfect for each other, and they fought to prove their love to themselves, and each other.
Dates Read:
March 27-28, 2022
Rating
3 Stars
