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A Duke in Shining Armour

Difficult Dukes, Book 1

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A Duke in Shining Armour

By: Loretta Chase
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Summary

Surely something so temptingly wrong can’t be so deliciously right? 

A Runaway Bride....

Bookish, brainy Lady Olympia Hightower should be elated she's marrying the ‘catch' of several London seasons. Her large spendthrift family certainly is! And yet, Olympia finds herself sneaking out the chapel window, in a mad attempt to escape her glorious future as a duchess.

A Duke in Pursuit....

Virtue was never a virtue for Hugh Philemon Ancaster, Seventh Duke of Ripley, but even he can see his duty as best man requires him to recapture the fleeing bride, and return her to the bridegroom. But with every one of Olympia’s clever turns, he’s finding it harder to give her up.

A Matchmakers Dream....

©2017 Loretta Chase (P)2021 W F Howes Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Women's Fiction Feel-Good Funny Witty
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Critic reviews

"Overflowing with Chase’s signature wit and laugh-out-loud humor.” (Romantic Times)

"One of the finest romance authors of all time." (Julia Quinn)
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It is a trivial story but entertaining and the characters are adorable and amusing
Bravo

Charming and entertaining…

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Great overall classic story, with laugh out loud moments throughout .
A five star 🌟 Performance.

You'll love it!

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From the moment I was introduced to Loretta Chase I have enjoyed her work.
I felt like the story in this book started off well but then had a section where I almost felt like skipping.
While the ending is using clear with most books in this genre early on I really enjoyed the story and have listened to this book at least 3 times at this stage.

Performance:
Kate Reading is one of the best narrators for audiobooks. She has a way of bringing the characters to life. Unlike some other narrators there is not a big difference between the volume of the character voice and the narrator voice. There are some narrators where the difference is so noticeable it feels like the volume is at least 1-2 levels higher making it difficult to listen to.

The story stands on its own and could be read as a single novel outside of being the first in the series without missing anything.

Once I had finished this book I went and bought the second straight away. I can't wait for the 3rd to come out.
Would definitely recommend

Another win from Loretta Chase

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I loved the hero and heroine and their banter. Good story very well narrated. Worth keeping.

Really enjoyable

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I only started listening to Historical Romances a short while ago, but in that time I have listened to a variety in this genre. This book is a delight from start to finish, no pages upon pages of graphic sex, but not without an under currant of desire and some sex, There is also a good portion of humour in the book which was a great surprise and well written. The usual saying is don't judge a book by it's cover, obviously this dosen't hold with Audible books, but I do judge an Audible book by the narrator, the narrator can make or break a book for me, but Kate Reading gives an admirable performance of narrating the book, and the 11hrs 12mins just fly by so quickly, that I wished it was longer, yet wouldn't know how it could be improved.

A delight from start to finish

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