Her brother, the Marquess, has become a wastrel of the worse sort and has left Angelique to fill the coffers and provide enough funds to keep their 12-year-old twin brothers at school. Angelique’s parents are both dead and with them the secret to where their vast fortune has disappeared. Unfortunately, their good name does not fill their coffers. He’s in the know and uses his knowledge as power and that power has made him a very rich man.Īngelique’s family is of the highest ranking. Our gentleman is not a lord but he holds a lot of power. The lady (our heroine) has a brain…and she uses it too. In Between the Devil and the Duke, we see a different side and different priorities. Comportment is a lady’s top priority and pride is ranked up there for a gentleman. For me, it’s like stepping into another world. It’s not a secret that I love historical romance. Besides that, I thought this book was practically perfect. I’m sure I could sorta, kinda come up with an explanation that could maybe explain it but that may be using my imagination a wee bit. To be honest, I should probably remove a half a star because the title has absolutely nothing to do with the story. It seems I can be stimulated by a confident commoner just as much…if not more. Their confidence, to me, sends shivers up my spine. I get a kick out of their arrogance and bossiness. I have a confession…I normally prefer my hero in a historical romance to be the stuck up, snobby aristocrat who looks down his nose at…the commoners.
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