Heiress for Hire (A Duke's Heiress, #1)
Madeline Hunter
In this stunning series debut from New York Times bestselling author Madeline Hunter, a duke's mysterious bequest brings fortune—and passion—to three young women... Minerva Hepplewhite has learned the hard way how to take care of herself. When an intruder breaks into her home, she doesn't swoon or simper. Instead, she wallops the rogue over the head and ties him up—only to realize he is Chase Radnor, the man who nearly got her convicted of her late husband's murder. Now, he's insisting that Minerva has inherited a fortune from his uncle, a wealthy Duke. Only one thing could surprise her more: her sudden attraction to this exasperating man... Chase can't decide whether Minerva is a wronged woman or a femme fatale. Either way, he's intrigued. Since the scandal surrounding her husband's death, she has set up a discreet detective business to rival Chase's own. She may be the perfect person to help him uncover the truth about his uncle's demise. But as proximity gives way to mutual seduction, Chase realizes he craves a much deeper alliance...
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0 0Minerva Hepplewhite has come into an unexpected inheritance from a man she never met - a duke, no less, who died under suspicious circumstances. Luckily, Minerva is a private detective and she plans to find out what happened lest suspicion fall on her. One of the duke's nephews is in the same line of work and their paths cross. And recross. And cross again.
CW for domestic abuse (past).
There's a lot to like in this book. Women who start their own business. Found family. A murder mystery. Sadly though, it never clicked for me. I never really engaged with the MCs, and just didn't feel strongly about them. I never truly felt the tension between them. Possibly there were just too many threads? It's the start of a new trilogy, and there's a lot of groundwork to lay, and many of those threads are unresolved at the end of this first book.
The book is solid and a fine read, but it didn't make me swoon.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for review.
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