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The Runaway Duke
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It’s typical light romance reading. I enjoyed it. I was chuckling several times.
STORY BRIEF:
Roarke’s father is a Duke who viciously beat and abused Roarke while growing up. Roarke joined the military fighting Napoleon. The story begins when a fellow soldier is killed in battle. Roarke assumes his identity and claims that Roarke was killed. He returns to England and works as a groom for Sir Henry (to avoid his father). Over a five year period he becomes close friends with Henry’s daughter Rebecca. Due to an unfortunate accidental incident, Rebecca’s parents force her to marry Lord Edelston, a scoundrel who wants her for her money. Rebecca asks Roarke to help her flee before the wedding. He does. They are pursued by highwaymen, a scheming duchess, and Rebecca’s fiancé.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
There are a number of enjoyable lines. I was chuckling several times. There is a lovely first sex scene. The endings for the main characters are good – nice plot resolutions. I had a few minor annoyances. On page 296 is a cliffhanger. The author stops in the middle of a scene with a character in trouble and doesn’t come back to finish the scene until two pages later. I don’t like (most) cliffhangers as a way to create artificial suspense. I prefer each scene end at a logical place. My second problem was I didn’t like the reasoning that one character used to break up with the other. It didn’t feel right to me. Another thought: Roarke kept calling the heroine “wee Becca” which felt odd. Lastly, I noticed other reviewers complained that some events were not historically accurate. That didn’t bother me. It’s fun fiction. Don’t read this for a history lesson.
DATA:
Story length: 353 pages. Swearing language: none to mild. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 3. Total number of sex scene pages: 11. Setting: 1815 – 1820 France and England. Copyright: 2004. Genre: regency romance.
STORY BRIEF:
Roarke’s father is a Duke who viciously beat and abused Roarke while growing up. Roarke joined the military fighting Napoleon. The story begins when a fellow soldier is killed in battle. Roarke assumes his identity and claims that Roarke was killed. He returns to England and works as a groom for Sir Henry (to avoid his father). Over a five year period he becomes close friends with Henry’s daughter Rebecca. Due to an unfortunate accidental incident, Rebecca’s parents force her to marry Lord Edelston, a scoundrel who wants her for her money. Rebecca asks Roarke to help her flee before the wedding. He does. They are pursued by highwaymen, a scheming duchess, and Rebecca’s fiancé.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
There are a number of enjoyable lines. I was chuckling several times. There is a lovely first sex scene. The endings for the main characters are good – nice plot resolutions. I had a few minor annoyances. On page 296 is a cliffhanger. The author stops in the middle of a scene with a character in trouble and doesn’t come back to finish the scene until two pages later. I don’t like (most) cliffhangers as a way to create artificial suspense. I prefer each scene end at a logical place. My second problem was I didn’t like the reasoning that one character used to break up with the other. It didn’t feel right to me. Another thought: Roarke kept calling the heroine “wee Becca” which felt odd. Lastly, I noticed other reviewers complained that some events were not historically accurate. That didn’t bother me. It’s fun fiction. Don’t read this for a history lesson.
DATA:
Story length: 353 pages. Swearing language: none to mild. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 3. Total number of sex scene pages: 11. Setting: 1815 – 1820 France and England. Copyright: 2004. Genre: regency romance.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
December 26, 2009
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Finished Reading
September 28, 2010
– Shelved
September 28, 2010
– Shelved as:
regency-romance
