The Duke of Deception

The Untouchables, Book 3

By: Darcy Burke

Narrated by: Marian Hussey

After five years on the Marriage Mart, Miss Aquilla Knox is ready for spinsterhood until a benefactress steps in to help her secure a husband. Only Aquilla doesn't actually want to marry - her failure is entirely on purpose. When the earl she's nicknamed the Duke of Deception sets his sights on her, she refuses to be drawn in by her attraction to him. If there's one thing she knows, it's that a gentleman is never what he seems.

Edward Bishop, Earl of Sutton, has a reputation for courting young misses and dropping them without a second thought. This has earned him a reputation for deceit, a description he can't refute because he does in fact, harbor secrets and will do anything - deceive anyone - to ensure they don't come to light. As he comes to know the charming Miss Knox, his resolve is tested. However, trust comes at a price and Ned won't pay with his heart.

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Solid book

You get what you want with this when you choose a period romance. It’s sweet and slightly dramatic and overall enjoyable.

This one was not great to me, as the main female lead’s character could have had more depth, and it also bothered me that the entire base of her character changed between the last book and this one and the reader is just told that she’s been hiding her true feelings about marriage for years...but again, her character was pretty flimsy. She could have been anyone.

Other than that, it was fine.

Also Marian Hussey is a goddess and I love her.

wonderful story

love the narrative and the story. both had secrets. I love the series so far.

More!

I really want to know more about the other characters too. I really like these people.

I LOVED NED AND AQUILLA!!

I really enjoyed reading this light hearted. funny and engaging story. Edward Bishop the 9th Earl of Sutton know as Ned, is keeping a secret and it is not the secret the Ton thinks it is. Ned has been wife hunting and these young ladies he is considering must pass a few test he and his Aunt Susannah has conjured up. So far only one has made it to the final stage all the other young ladies have failed his test. Therefore it appears to the Ton that Ned leads the ladies on and drops them without proposing. Until he meets a young Miss Aquilla Knox who has been locked outside in the pouring rain on a patio at a dinner party they bought are attending.

The sparks fly between Ned and Aquilla and they are a lovely couple. Both of then are kind, compassionate and loving. They were fun to read. They had pretty sensual relationship. The sex scene were well and tastefully done. The secondary characters were lovely too.

I like the way Darcy Burke handle the mental illness of Ned's brother George. It was sad but nicely written.

I just wish that Aquilla's father and brother had gotten some kind of punishment for there cruel treatment of there wives. They were abusive men and this should have been handled in some manner in the storyline.
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Won’t be disappointed

The story line was original and not the repeated version of other stories. The narrator was excellent I her story telling.