Daring and the Duke (The Bareknuckle Bastards, #3)
Sarah MacLean
Grace Condry has spent a lifetime running from her past. Betrayed as a child by her only love and raised on the streets, she now hides in plain sight as queen of London’s darkest corners. Grace has a sharp mind and a powerful right hook and has never met an enemy she could not best, until the man she once loved returns. Single-minded and ruthless, Ewan, Duke of Marwick, has spent a decade searching for the woman he never stopped loving. A long-ago gamble may have lost her forever, but Ewan will go to any lengths to win Grace back… and make her his duchess. Reconciliation is the last thing Grace desires. Unable to forgive the past, she vows to take her revenge. But revenge requires keeping Ewan close, and soon her enemy seems to be something else altogether—something she can’t resist, even as he threatens the world she's built, the life she's claimed…and the heart she swore he'd never steal again.
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Summary
Grace has spent her life running from the past ever since Ewan won the dukedom and chased her and his brothers away. Now she is the queen of Covent Garden and has made a life providing fantasy and pleasure for the women of London.
Now that Ewan knows Grace is alive and well, he is determined to prove that he has changed. But the gamble he made a decade ago may have caused irreparable damage.
Unable to give forgiveness, Grace vows revenge on the man she once loved. But soon she's pulled back into his orbit. She's protected herself from the mad duke for years, but the man that returned is nothing like the man she's been running from. Maybe Ewan actually has changed. And maybe their love isn't just a thing of the past.
Overview
➸ POV: 3rd Person from Grace & Ewan's POVs
➸ Grace: Illegally baptized the heir to the Duke of Marwick, "Dahlia", Owner of 72 Shelton St - a brothel catered to women, Bareknuckle Bastard, "Queen of Covent Garden"
➸ Ewan: "Won" the Dukedom of Marwick, One of the 3 bastard sons of the Duke of Marwick, Has been chasing/searching for Grace for 20 years
➸ Content Warnings: Child abuse, Murder, Death of a parent, Trauma, Fighting, Sexism
My Thoughts
I'm so sad to see this series ending and I already miss these characters so much!
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Immediate reaction to finishing this was tears. Good tears but wow
How do you write the redemption of a character that is built to be hated? We knew it was coming, but I still was very nervous to dive into this book. The joy of romance is knowing we will get that HEA/HFN, but still I was nervous.
Sarah like always delivered in a magnificent way. I still can't believe how good this conclusion was.
Arc provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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