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Review from 2013
4.5 stars
What the Duke Desires is the first in a new series of books, The Duke’s Men, by Sabrina Jeffries, and I certainly plan to read/listen to the others in the series on the strength of this one.
Lisette Bonnaud and her brother, Tristan, are the illegitimate children of Viscount Rathmore and his French-born mistress, a former actress, who lives with her children in Yorkshire. When their father dies, leaving them nothing, the new viscount, George, who has long hated his father’ ...more
4.5 stars
What the Duke Desires is the first in a new series of books, The Duke’s Men, by Sabrina Jeffries, and I certainly plan to read/listen to the others in the series on the strength of this one.
Lisette Bonnaud and her brother, Tristan, are the illegitimate children of Viscount Rathmore and his French-born mistress, a former actress, who lives with her children in Yorkshire. When their father dies, leaving them nothing, the new viscount, George, who has long hated his father’ ...more

Review from 2013
4.5 stars
What the Duke Desires is the first in a new series of books by Sabrina Jeffries, and I certainly plan to read the others in the series on the strength of this one.
Lisette Bonnaud and her brother Tristan are the illegitimate children of Viscount Rathmore and his French-born mistress, a former actress, who lives with her children in Yorkshire. When their father dies, leaving them nothing, the new viscount, George, who has long hated his father’s “other” family, wastes no t ...more
4.5 stars
What the Duke Desires is the first in a new series of books by Sabrina Jeffries, and I certainly plan to read the others in the series on the strength of this one.
Lisette Bonnaud and her brother Tristan are the illegitimate children of Viscount Rathmore and his French-born mistress, a former actress, who lives with her children in Yorkshire. When their father dies, leaving them nothing, the new viscount, George, who has long hated his father’s “other” family, wastes no t ...more

I loved this book. You can read the storyline from the summary. What I liked about it was watching Max and Lisette fall so hopelessly in love without giving up their own agendas. Max was determined to find his long-lost brother and Lisette was equally compelled to protect her brother. There were many times when those two were at odds with each other. But, thankfully, all's well that ends well, to quote Shakespeare (as Lisette's butler routinely does).
We have a terrific HEA which focused on the ...more
We have a terrific HEA which focused on the ...more

May 12, 2013
Antica
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Karen K. Miller
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Nov 17, 2013
Kathy
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Nov 25, 2013
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Mar 25, 2014
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Feb 06, 2015
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