A nimble little regency romance novel by Julia Quinn. We have a stuttering duke, raised by his nurse with immense daddy issues because his father thought him an imbecile and essentially disowned him. The heroine is Daphne, the eldest daughter of 8 children, 3 of them older brothers. Their "cute meet" is over a drunken suitor to Daphne whom she wants nothing to do with, so she and the duke decide to pretend to be courting to keep the "Ambitious" Mamas" of the ton from pushing their children onto either of them.
Things of course, get hairy as they do lust for each other, and Daphne wants lots of children while the duke wants neither children nor marriage. Daphne's eldest brother the Viscount knows his friend the duke to be a rake and should not be entertaining any thoughts of his sister never mind a false courtship so there is lots of bad blood there. And half way through the book, there's a duel, sort of.
I liked the book. I liked the characters, I wouldn't mind reading more assuming the author marries off the other 7 children. Series do seem to be common in the romance genre. Unlike the ones I've read by Stephanie Laurens there is no subplot of murder or mystery, (other than the duke's problem with his dad), this is a straight romance story. I wish it was a little meatier as I didn't find the 2 main characters very compelling but as I said, it was a nimble little story. A quick read.
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