Love Letters From A Duke

Author: Elizabeth Boyle

Genre: Historical Romance ~ 1800's England 

My Rating:  ****½

Elizabeth Boyle is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.  I absolutely love this series.  This one is the first in a series which I accidentally skipped right onto the second (Confessions of a Little Black Dress ) without even knowing it.  Definitely put it on your list to go read!

In this romance, we meet Felicity Langley who is lovingly dubbed "Duchess".  Felicity keeps a meticulous journal of eligible bachelors and sets about some matchmaking, her own included.    When she decides that the future Duke of Hollindrake is who she should marry, she sets out to gain his attention by writing him letters.  After years of letters and being almost engaged, he finally shows up in London.  Little does she know that she has really been corresponding with his grandfather (now deceased) and her almost fiancee has been off to war.  Thatcher is fresh from war and finds himself practically betrothed to a complete stranger. He immediately goes to her home to call it off, only to be mistaken for a new footman and put to work.

It's refreshing to watch them fall in love. Felicity is determined to marry a duke and yet is feeling drawn to her own footman.  Life isn't always what you expect.  

 As always, if you get this one please come back and tell me what you thought!

           Happy Reading,

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Confessions of a Little Black Gown

Author -  Elizabeth Boyle
Genre - Historical Romance ( early 1800's England) 

From the moment Thalia Langley first caught a glimpse of him in her brother-in-law's study, she knew.   He was the one.  And then he stepped forward and proved to be a bumbling vicar.   Somehow, despite his appearance, she knew from that moment that the rake she desired was hiding underneath. Tally has more intuition than I do apparently :)

With twists and turns, secrets, spies and intrigue this one will keep you on your toes and interested throughout it all.

In the interest of not ruining the book for you and giving away all the plot details, I'll just say that I thoroughly enjoyed Confessions of A Little Black Gown and am going to go in search of more great books by Elizabeth Boyle. [ Talk about a run-on sentence! sheesh!]  I do admit that towards the end, I became a bit irate with the author.  Side characters Lady Philippa "Pippin" & Dash are being torn apart and Pippin is given an unbearable choice.   I had to step away for a few minutes and rant to Daddy Chaos about how I just knew this darn author was going to make poor Pippin do something she shouldn't.  Immediately after finishing it up, I had to go online and discover if there was another book with more information on Pippin & Dash :)   Don't worry my friends, there is!  I'll be grabbing that next time I'm at the library! 


I'm trying a few different review options.. Let me know which you like better.. This one with not alot of detail just my own personal opinion.. or one with more details and less opinion?

Until then..


             Happy Reading!!



*Disclaimer : All opinions are 100% my own.  I was not paid or reimbursed in any way for this post!

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