How (Not) to Hate a Duke by Jennifer Haymore - Enemies to Lovers

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How (Not) to Hate a Duke by Jennifer Haymore is a tale of tension, passion, and a dash of intrigue as it follows Georgiana and Theo on their journey from avoidance to falling in love, despite the animosity between their families.

 

Georgiana Milford, a rich heiresses, wants nothing to do with the many the fortune hunting men of the ton. Needing a reprieve from London she goes to a two week house party only to come face-to-face with the man who is her family’s mortal enemy: the horrible Duke of Despots. No matter how hard she tries, Georgiana is unable to escape him. However, she starts to see that Theo is not the blackguard her father painted him to be.

Theophilus “Theo” St. Clair, the seventh Duke of Desborough, spent the majority of his life avoiding his father, and now that he has taken over the dukedom he wants to prove to everyone that he is nothing like his father; except, his neighbor prevents his every attempt. Discouraged, Theo agrees to attend a country party only to find the youngest Milford daughter in attendance. He cannot seem to avoid the shrew. As the two are forced into each other’s company during the house party Theo discovers another side of Georgiana. Soon their stinging barbs turn into something more scintillating as they find they can’t keep their hands and mouths to themselves. Theo wonders if he will ever be able to right the wrongs his late father committed in order to have a relationship with Georgiana.

Ms. Haymore wrote an enemies-to-lovers story that seamlessly wove together love, conflict, and a touch of spice. She provided a tale filled with wonderful characters, misconceptions, great secondary characters, steamy love scenes, heartbreaking revelations, painful choices, true love, and finally a hard-earned HEA complete with an epilogue. Although this is touted as a standalone title, it is worth mentioning that it features characters from another standalone by Ms. Haymore, Earls Rush In.

 

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