A Date at the Altar (Marrying the Duke, #3)
Cathy Maxwell
New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell’s glittering Marrying the Duke series continues—Twice he has been close to the altar and still no duchess. Will the third time be the charm? A duke can’t marry just anyone. His wife must be of good family, be fertile, be young. Struggling playwright Sarah Pettijohn is absolutely the last woman Gavin Whitridge, Duke of Baynton, would ever fall in love with. She is an actress, born on the wrong side of the blanket, and always challenges his ducal authority. She never hesitates to tell him what she thinks. However, there is something about her that stirs his blood . . . which makes her perfect for a bargain he has in In exchange for backing her play, he wants Sarah to teach him about love. And he, in turn, has a few things to teach her about men . . .
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Cathy Maxwell’s final book in her Marrying the Duke series, A Date at the Altar, is wonderful. Maxwell’s masterful ability to create compelling characters and tell a heartbreakingly beautiful story is fully on display here.
The book features the twice-jilted Duke of Baynton, Gavin Whitridge, and struggling actress/playwright Sarah Pettijohn. Though they have continuously been at loggerheads, they enter into an agreement which is mutually beneficial, only to find so much more.
In this book Maxwell turns traditional tropes on their heads - the hero is earnest, open, and an innocent, while the heroine is distrusting and emotionally scarred. Together they must conquer seemingly insurmountable circumstances in order to find their happiness.
One of the best things about this book, and in fact most of Cathy Maxwell’s books, are the characters. She has an uncommon talent of creating protagonists that are fleshed-out, realistic, and worth caring about. While the setting and circumstances are far removed from modern sensibilities, the emotions and questions raised are not. The driving question of this book asks what is worth sacrificing for love, be it be hopes, honor, duty, soul.
This book is eminently worth reading, and reading again.
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