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Hiatus Book Review-A Wicked Bargain For The Duke by Megan Frampton

by | Aug 13, 2021 | Book Reviews | 2 comments

Hiatus Book Review-A Wicked Bargain For The Duke by Megan Frampton

I received this book for free from Avon in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Hiatus Book Review-A Wicked Bargain For The Duke by Megan FramptonA Wicked Bargain for the Duke by Megan Frampton
Series: Hazards of Dukes #3
Published by Avon on April 27, 2021
Genres: Historical Romance, Regency Era
Pages: 400
Format: eARC
Source: Avon
ISBN: 0063023083
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three-stars

The author of the “sparkling” and “steamy” (Entertainment Weekly) Never Kiss a Duke returns with the delightful third book in the Hazards of Dukes series as a rigid duke meets his match in a rebellious lady.
Thaddeus, the new Duke of Hasford, holds his new title reluctantly, but his sense of duty is strong. Task number one: find a wife and secure an heir. He thinks he’s found the perfect choice in Lady Jane Capel—until her sister, Lavinia, bursts onto the scene. Vivacious, rebellious, and strikingly beautiful, Lavinia is determined to keep him away from her shy, sweet sister. And she’s also determined not to think so much about his broad chest and strong thighs.
When Lady Lavinia and Thaddeus end up in the most compromising position, witnessed by Lavinia’s mother and nearly everyone at a party, they’re forced to get married to protect their reputations. With no love between them, but with an heir to conceive, they strike a bargain in bed. Only Lavinia demands passion, and Thaddeus complies, with both of them realizing this marriage of convenience may turn into much more...

A Wicked Bargain for the Duke is a light and endearing story with plenty of laughs ready for you in waiting. This is an author I have enjoyed over the years, she has a quirky sense of writ, and it displays quite well on the page. I was eager to see what this author would deliver in this one, and I wasn’t nervous that it was the third in the series (when I haven’t read the first two) although now that I have read this one, I am wanting to pick up the first two books.

In A Wicked Bargain for the Duke, we have a story that features a writer in hiding, Lavinia, who is overprotective of her younger sister. But when the Duke of Hasford, sets his sights on Jane who is in love with someone else. So in her endeavor to protect her sister, she ends up in a comprising position with Thaddeus and they will have to marry. Lavinia isn’t the woman that Thaddeus wanted originally, and he has certain standards of what he wants for his family. Lavinia agrees to his certain “standards” but when sparks fly in and out of the bedroom, there is so much more than just this agreement. But with both hearts so prideful, who will fight for the other first and let go of preconceived notions on what marriage should be?

I was deeply saddened to give this book such a rating, but I really needed to. I had the hardest time getting into this book and so the first half was a battle and as this is an author I do endeavor to support and I received this as an ARC, I wanted to see this one all the way through. I will say that I was happy when the second half turned out so much better than the first half. It could have been my mood, not really sure why I struggled so much. But I did enjoy this story and I always love a good marriage of convenience. There was some “modern feminism” thrown into this story, it didn’t bother me too much as it wasn’t too “soap box”, it felt a bit more genuine in the way it was implemented into the story so bravo to this author for that. But it also had me rolling my eyes in some portions. I did love the redemption at the end and seeing a hero fight for the heroine. Just wanted more from the heroine, I was expecting much more than I received from her, I love a lady that will fight for her man just as fiercely as the man will.

Overall while I had some issues, I found this story to be quite enjoyable and kept me entertained, it had a sense of smexy playfulness that I have always be endeared to with this author, looking forward to delving into the other books in the series.

About Megan Frampton

Megan Frampton's love affair with books began when her parents moved her to a remote town in New Hampshire where there was only one television station. And then the TV broke. She devoured every book of fiction in her well-read parents' library, finding special joy in Georgette Heyer and the fairy tales collected and translated by Andrew Lang. Megan majored in English literature at Barnard College and worked in teh music industry for fifteen years. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband (her former intern) and her son. (Book jacket, "A Singular Lady")

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2 Comments

  1. Sophia Rose

    Yay for sticking with it and getting a much better second half. I don’t mind a pinch of the modern either when, like you say, the story doesn’t get interrupted for a reader lesson. 🙂

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  2. Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer

    That’s always hard when it’s an author you regularly enjoy and support. Go you for sticking with it and I am glad the second half was better.

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