The Untamed Duke
Series: The Secret Crusaders #3
Author: Melanie Rose Clarke
Published February 15th 2022 by Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.

Goodreads Synopsis
When a Scottish duke targets her brother, Sophia will do anything to protect her family, including kidnapping the powerful lord. What happens when the duke kidnaps her instead?

Welcome to book 3 in the bestselling series The Secret Crusaders from the talented Melanie Rose Clarke!

Social justice crusader Sophia Hawkins will do anything to protect her family. When Kenneth Macleod, the new Duke of Foxworth, forges a feud against her brother, she doesn’t care how powerful he is – or that neither man wants her involvement. If he won’t abandon his revenge, she’ll take matters into her own hands.

Perhaps a little kidnapping is in order.

Kenneth would much rather be in Scotland, the gorgeous country of his mother’s ancestors, than in prim and proper England. Only the father he never knew leaves him a title, wealth, lands and the responsibility to care for it all. It’s the life he never wanted, and there’s one man to blame: the Duke of Bradenton. Now he will exact his revenge. Only something lovely, vibrant and entirely delectable stops him.

Lady Sophia is everything he wants in a woman, and the only woman he can’t have. She is beautiful, brave and brilliant, and the more she defends her brother, the more he wants her. Yet how can he forgo his revenge? He is a man accustomed to getting what he wants.

Perhaps it’s time for a little kidnapping of his own.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.

No matter what, Lady Sophia Hawkins will do what it takes for her family. So when the newly arrived Duke of Foxworth appears to have a vendetta against her brother, the Duke of Bradenton, she will stop him. However, Kenneth is hellbent on getting his revenge, believing that Bradenton caused his father's death, and he will do something to cause him pain - so when Sophia falls into his trap, it's like fate. He plans to kidnap her and hide her away, in order to make her brother suffer, but he is still a gentleman at heart, and he won't harm her. But as he attempts to kidnap her, men from his father's past come out of the shadows and attack him, and the tables are turned, and Kenneth soon finds himself being kidnapped. What should've been only a few days away turns to a month, and Sophia and Kenneth just learn how close the line between love and hate is. But can this untamed duke be tamed by the one woman he never expected he'd fall for?

I've really been enjoying this series, so was looking forward to having the third book to read. When I saw the synopsis, I wasn't too sure what I'd think of the kidnapping plot, but actually it was so funny and done in a humorous way. Sophia and Kenneth were one of the best couples I've read in a while, and their banter and chemistry was off the charts. Though there wasn't really much to the plot, I liked it nonetheless, and devoured it all in one sitting. Some hard hitting topics were discussed, and we got to see couples from previous books, which I really enjoyed. I'm looking forward to another book from this author!

Dates Read:
February 7, 2022

Rating
4 Stars