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How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days (An American Heiress in London, #2)

Laura Lee Guhrke

Start date: June 1, 2014

Finish date: June 30, 2014

Discussion: Monthly Read

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Sep 27, 2013 Shawna rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-romance, angsty-dark-heavy-lotsa-drama, i-read-library, heroine-naïve-virgin-like-a-virgin, married-couples-married-convenience, heroine-abused-traumatic-past-rape, hh-post-traumatic-stress-disorder, 2014-reads, hh-physical-mental-disability-ill, steam-2-warm

3 stars – Historical Romance

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Jun 03, 2020 Annie ⚜️ rated it liked it

2.5 stars. I read these for fun escapism. The heroine was raped (not a spoiler) and is terribly broken. I just had a hard time enjoying it.

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Sep 22, 2016 Dawn rated it really liked it

Shelves: guhrke-laura-lee, library-copy

It took a while to warm up to since Edie was so determined to get rid of Stuart. He returned after 5 years in Africa having promised her he would never return. He had married her to get out of debt and she needed to marry having been ruined in New York. So he left and she stayed to run his estates. All was working well until a tragic accident in Africa and Stuart decided it was time to come home. He convinced her to give him 10 days to earn his place in her life. It had a very heart-warming HEA. ...more

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Aug 03, 2014 Shh I'm reading! rated it really liked it

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Edie and Stuart had scores of chemistry and real vulnerabilities and obstacles that they worked to overcome. Watching them build a relationship was delightful and supplemented by the cheekiness of Johanna, Edie's sister. I was only slightly disappointed in the end, because of a response that seemed incongruent with what I've begun to think of Stuart's personality. The dialogue tried to explain the lack of remorse for what happened to th ...more

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