Tuesday, March 10, 2020

A DUKE IS NEVER ENOUGH by Darcy Burke

Title:  A DUKE IS NEVER ENOUGH
Series:  The Spitfire Society #2
Author:  Darcy Burke
Publisher:  Darcy Burke
Publish Date:   02.25.2020
Category /Genre:  Historical Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from:  Darcy Burke 
Goodreads link: A Duke is Never Enough
Date completed: 03.09.2020

Description from the publisher:
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables series comes your next Regency obsession: The Spitfire Society... Meet the smart, independent women who’ve decided they don’t need Society’s rules, their families’ expectations, or, most importantly, a husband. But just because they don’t need a man doesn’t mean they might not want one. 

Notorious rake Marcus Raleigh, Marquess of Ripley, is gracing the gossip pages for a new reason: the rumors he may have murdered his swindling cousin. His quest for answers regarding his cousin’s death leads him to an incomparable self-declared spinster, and he is—for the first time—beguiled beyond reason. Neither is what the other wants, and yet their intense mutual infatuation is inescapable. 

After abandoning her philandering betrothed at the altar, Phoebe Lennox fled from London only to return an heiress who refuses to follow the ton’s rules. She won’t risk a relationship of any kind—until she meets the scandalous Marquess of Ripley. Swept into his seductive embrace, her resolve falters in the face of a pleasure she never anticipated. But when the truth about Marcus and the murder come to light, Phoebe could lose everything she holds dear, including a love for all time. 
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A DUKE IS NEVER ENOUGH is the second book in the Spitfire Society series.  Though part of a series, it will stand on its own.

This is definitely a romance, but there is also a touch of mystery and danger as Marcus searches for his missing cousin and the money the cousin has been defrauding from the gentlemen of the ton.  

Marcus is a rake.  He drinks.  He partakes in the pleasures of available women, including those in the brothels.  He is friends with the madam of one of the best of those brothels.  Some might not like him for those traits, after all that’s what happens to a rake.  They are often not accepted into the parlors of polite families.  Those families don’t know that he also is generous to those around him.  That he is kind and helpful.

Phoebe intends to be a spinster.  She doesn’t have to depend on a man.  Though it is hard to believe the ton would still accept her after jilting her fiancé at the altar, after all her own parents didn’t, that is literary license.

I thoroughly enjoyed their story together.  I loved the way they worked together, loved together, and laughed together.

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via NetGalley, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

The Spitfire Society Series:
1.      Never Have I Ever with a Duke
2.      A Duke Is Never Enough
3.      A Duke Will Never Do (releases 05.19.2020)
Also from Darcy Burke:
·   The Magic of Mistletoe
Legendary Rogues Series:
1.      The de Valery Code
2.      Romancing the Earl
3.      Lord of Fortune
4.      Captivating the Scoundrel
Love Is All Around Series:
1.      The Red Hot Earl
3.      Joy to the Duke
Ribbon Ridge Series:
1.      Only in My Dreams
2.      Yours to Hold
3.      When Love Happens
4.      The Idea of You
5.      When We Kiss
6.      You’re Still the One
Secrets & Scandals Series:
1.      Her Wicked Ways
2.      His Wicked Heart
3.      To Seduce a Scoundrel
4.      To Love a Thief
5.      Never Love a Scoundrel
6.      Scoundrel Ever After
So Hot Series:
1.      So Good
2.      So Right
3.      So in Love
The Untouchables Series:
1.      The Forbidden Duke
2.      The Duke of Daring
3.      The Duke of Deception
4.      The Duke of Desire
5.      The Duke of Defiance
6.      The Duke of Danger
7.      The Duke of Ice
8.      The Duke of Ruin
9.      The Duke of Lies
10.  The Duke of Seduction
11.  The Duke of Kisses
12.  The Duke of Distraction
Wicked Dukes Club series:
2.      One Night of Surrender (Darcy Burke)
4.      One Night of Scandal (Darcy Burke)
6.      One Night of Temptation (Darcy Burke) 












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