LOVE LETTERS FROM A DUKE

Author: Elizabeth Boyle ISBN: 0060784032 9/2007 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: Regency, 1814 London

He's at her service... Though she can't afford the coal to heat her drafty Mayfair mansion, Felicity Langley still clings to her dream of marrying a duke—one she's had since her very first curtsy. After all, she's been promised to the very proper and very lofty Duke of Hollindrake for the last four years. Now all she has to do is meet him. But what Felicity doesn't realize is that she has met her duke-he's the altogether too-handsome man who Felicity has just mistaken... for her new footman! By rights, Thatcher should immediately set this presumptuous chit straight and tell her he has no intention of honoring the arranged betrothal. But he's quickly smitten by Felicity's delightful determination, her irrepressible charm. and her breathtaking beauty. Yes, she'd wed him in an instant were his true identity revealed-but Thatcher's vowed to marry only for love. So begins his deception and his conquest of this uncommon woman who doesn't believe in romance, but is about to find her heart and passions set aflame by the unlikely servant she's sworn to resist.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

LOVE LETTERS FROM A DUKE is the reason why historical romantic fiction will never go out of style. Sure, I know about the current hot sellers: chick-lit and paranormal romance. But, when historical romance is done this perfectly, there is no way to stop falling in love with the genre all over again. As a matter of fact, as I read LOVE LETTERS FROM A DUKE, I was reminded of why I started reading romantic fiction in the first place, and why I need to say "Thank you" to all the wonderful authors that make it my favorite read.

As I find this book completely wonderful, I am going to leave my review as simply this: With the perfect circumstances, time frame, descriptions, characters, dialogue, humor (Oh! The humor!), feisty and a little bit nutty heroine, one-in-a-million duke, and a host of plots and adventures within its covers, LOVE LETTERS FROM A DUKE is the one historical romance book you MUST read this year!

Shannon Johnson