A Duke in Time (The Widow Rules, #1)
Janna MacGregor
Get ready for lost wills, broody dukes, and scorching hot kissing all over London in A Duke in Time by Janna MacGregor. Katherine Vareck is in for the shock of her life when she learns upon her husband Meri's accidental death that he had married two other women. Her entire business, along with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a royal supplier, is everything she's been working for and now could be destroyed if word leaks about the three wives. Meri's far more upstanding brother, Christian, Duke of Randford has no earthly clue how to be of assistance. He spent the better part of his adult years avoiding Meri and the rest of his good-for-nothing family, so to be dragged back into the fold is…problematic. Even more so is the intrepid and beautiful Katherine, whom he cannot be falling for because she's Meri's widow. Or can he? With a textile business to run and a strong friendship forming with Meri's two other wives, Katherine doesn't have time for much else. But there's something about the warm, but compellingly taciturn Christian that draws her to him. When an opportunity to partner in a business venture brings them even closer, they'll have to face their pasts if they want to share each other's hearts and futures.
Publication Year: 2021
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0A Duke in Time is the first book in Janna MacGregor's The Widow Rules series, and it is delightful. Katherine's husband abandoned her immediately following their wedding breakfast, and now he's dead. Upon the reading of his will, Katherine finds out he not only married her, but two other women as well, and spent all of their dowries. Christian, her husband's brother and the Duke of Randford, is determined not to fix any more of his ne'er-do-well brother's messes, but there's something about Katherine he just can't resist.
This book was wonderful, I really loved Katherine's character. She runs a successful textile business and is willing to do what it takes to make it a success. Christian is a former soldier and is trying to find a way to help other soldiers who have come home to nothing. Both of the protagonists are trying to do so much to help other people, and it's so nice that they can get their own HEA.
I will definitely be reading the next book in this series when it's available! Thank you to St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy!
0**I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.**
A book with a scoundrel who married theee women, his Duchal straight laced brother, and a woman who has changed her circumstances.
I loved Katherine and how she has been assisting women through her business. She married a man who disappeared and apparently married two other women before dying. Now she is left to protect these women as she falls in love with her brother in law.
The characters are all well written. I really loved that the Duke also has a soft side and is determined to help the men who served under him in the war. It’s nice to have a man who has a conscience without having to be taught by the woman he falls for.
There is drama but it does not take over the entire story. She saves herself and that allows her to be free to be with him.
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