Right there was my first problem with these two. The only reason she comes back to England is to produce an heir because apparently Elijah may not have much time to live. For NINE years she’s been living in France and evading the responsibility she, as well as Elijah, had toward the title, producing an heir. Jemma decides to bail and high tails it to France, proceeding to flaunt her many affairs, just to embarrass her husband. Jemma, our heroine, began to fall in love with her husband, that is until one faithful afternoon she drops by his office in Parliament, and finds him having sex with another woman. We already know that their marriage was prearranged when they were very young and that they really didn’t know each other much when the marriage took place.
It’s very important that this particular series be read in order, especially because of this couple. We’ve met the hero and heroine in book one and all through the series they come in and out so that by the time we get their own story, we already have preconceived notions of who they are and what their personalities are like. I still have to read An Affair Before Christmas (Desperate Duchesses #2) and When the Duke Returns (Desperate Duchesses #4). I started with the book one, Desperate Duchesses (Desperate Duchesses, #1), then I skipped to Duchess By Night (Desperate Duchesses, #3) , followed by A Duke of Her Own (Desperate Duchesses, #6) and finally this one, This Duchess of Mine (Desperate Duchesses, #5). REVIEW: Let me start this review with telling you not to do what I did. In fact, she wants the impossible: her husband’s heart at her feet.īut what manner of seduction will make a man fall desperately in love. Jemma laughs at Elijah’s cool eyes and icy heart-but to her secret shock, she doesn’t share his feelings. For the next nine years she cavorted abroad, creating one delicious scandal after another (if one is to believe the rumors).Įlijah, Duke of Beaumont, did believe those rumors.īut the handsome duke needs an heir, so he summons his seductive wife home. Wedding bells celebrating the arranged marriage between the lovely Duchess of Beaumont and her staid, imperturbable duke had scarcely fallen silent when a shocking discovery sent Jemma running from the ducal mansion.
STORY: No man can resist Jemma’s sensuous allure.
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