My One and Only Duke

By: Grace Burrowes

Narrated by: James Langton

Meet the highly unconventional Wentworth family in this charming USA Todaybestseller with a Cinderella twist, perfect for fans of Mary Balogh.

One minute, London banker Quinn Wentworth is facing execution. The next, he's declared the long-lost heir to a dukedom. Quinn has fought his way up from the worst slums, and now he's ready to use every dirty trick he knows to find the enemy who schemed against him.

Jane Winston, widowed and pregnant, crosses paths with Quinn while her father is preaching to the prisoners. Believing his days are numbered, Quinn offers her marriage as a way to guarantee her independence and provide for her child. Neither thinks they'll actually have a future together.

He's a wealthy gutter rat out for vengeance. She's a minister's daughter who must turn a marriage of desperation into a proper ducal union. Are they doomed from the start or destined for a happily-ever-after?

Also includes the bonus novella Once Upon a Christmas Eve from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt!

When his carriage wheel snaps in a snowstorm, Adam Rutledge, Viscount d'Arque, is forced to seek shelter at the home of the most maddening, infuriating, and utterly beguiling woman he's ever met.
"Skillfully crafted and exquisitely written, Burrowes' latest is pure gold; a brilliant launch to a promising series." --Library Journal
"Burrowes is a writer of towering talent." --USA Today Happy Ever After

Critic reviews

"Grace Burrowes is terrific!"—Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Skillfully crafted and exquisitely written, Burrowes' latest is pure gold; a brilliant launch to a promising series."—Library Journal, starred review

"I loved this book. Burrowes writes with such expressive precision to tell a story of such complex emotions, a detailed network of plot threads and characters whose motivations are as complicated as they are heartfelt...This is a story that spans the gamut of human emotion... Burrowes is a writer of towering talent...The lens with which I will view historical romance has been forever changed."—USA Today Happy Ever After

"An extremely touching love story, and its finely calibrated shifts in tone are possible because of the author's exhaustive knowledge of the period. Burrowes has spent her career rejecting the rosy, musty myths of the Regency, and My One and Only Duke is her most vivid, compelling portrait of the era yet."—BookPage, "Best Books of 2018"

"Sexy heroes, strong heroines, intelligent plots, enchanting love stories...Grace Burrowes's romances have them all."—Mary Balogh, New York Times bestselling author

"Grace Burrowes writes from the heart--with warmth, humor, and a generous dash of sensuality, her stories are unputdownable! If you're not reading Grace Burrowes you're missing the very best in today's Regency Romance!"—Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author

Entertaining and fun!

Not realizing this was a series, I’d begun reading Book 5. After a few references with which I wasn’t familiar, I decided to start from the beginning. I enjoyed Quinn’s story (though Jane got on my nerves a couple of times) and the supporting characters were quite interesting. On to Book 2!

Surprise

I. am new to this author and am delighted . The characters are unique and a delight to get to know. I look forward to the rest of the series.

Great Start to a Series

I seldom read a series a second time, but this one is an exception. I enjoyed the characters, even the secondary ones are well written. The story starts in, of all places, Newgate Prison. It’s an unlikely place to begin a romance series but for this story it is perfect.
Not saying a lot about the narrator as his female voices are what you would expect from a male with a fairly deep voice. His “pompous aristocrats” and “pious preachers” more than make up for that minor short coming.

Enjoyable

I enjoyed the story which contained just the right amount of twists and turns to be engaging. i did have some trouble understanding the dialogue with the accents.

Nice low angst romance

Heroine is a pregnant widow and daughter to a not too nice vicar. While doing rounds at Newgate, she meets the hero who is a banker who is wrongly accused of murder but set to hang. To give the baby a name they marry. But you guessed it! He is pardoned because turns out he is a long lost Duke. He retrieves his new wife who is thrilled with the pardon. She tries to seduce him and he resists for a little because he feels guilty yadda yadda for seeking vengeance yadda yadda. Actually I really liked the premise, I liked the hero and heroine, even the side characters! However the story and plot didn’t wow me. There was little angst for better or worse but even the revenge plot was pretty predictable and low stakes. Nothing wrong with that but it didn’t grab me either. A nice light read if you’re looking for a break from big drama and angst.
The narrator was pretty good, I usually have a hard time with male narrators and this one was ok but did occasionally go into “British reporter voice” which makes my eyes glass over. But only a few times. Not bad!