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The Duke of Shadows

Meredith Duran

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Nov 18, 2022 Juliana Philippa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Jun 09, 2012 Nadine in NY Jones rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-romance, romance, era-victorian, second-chance-romance

A bit like a combination of The Deer Hunter and Wuthering Heights, in India. Though with a happier ending.

This book is that rare thing in romance: a real story. It's more than just: get to know the heroine, get to know the hero, watch them fall in love (although that IS the core of the story).

I really enjoyed this, and I feel like I should say A LOT more, but it's funny, I find all kinds of things to say when I hate a story, but very little to say when I loved it. I guess I got so sucked in, I f ...more

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