Series: The Duchess’s Investigative Society #1
Author: Samantha Holt
Publisher: Helstone Press
Publish Date: 03.08.2021
Category /Genre: Historical Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from: Samantha Holt
Goodreads link: Secrets of a Duke’s Daughter
Date completed: 03.03.2021
Description from the publisher:
A duke's daughter must be prepared for whatever life—and love—throws her way...
Lady Cassandra Fallon is finally ready to take control of her life and join her late mother's investigative society. She's more than confident she can do the job—even when her first case involves a potentially deadly scandal. What she's not quite prepared for is her brother's attractive (and increasingly distracting) friend acting as her self-appointed bodyguard...
When Lord Luke promised his best friend he'd keep an eye on Cassie, he meant it. But the brazen and entirely too alluring woman she's become is a far cry from the mischievous, freckled girl she used to be. Luke knows a lowly viscount has no business longing for (or touching) a duke's daughter. But against all reason...he does...
She craves independence. He only craves her. An epic battle of the sexes is at hand. But will love be enough to get them to happily ever after? Cassie and Luke will soon find out...
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Though this is the first in the series, there seems to be a lot assumed to be understood about the relationships of Lady Cassandra and her siblings. Have we been introduced to them in a previous series? This is why it is marked as four crowns/stars instead of five.
I do love the premise of the series and the story. Cassie and her sisters are continuing their mother’s investigative society. In a society that dismisses the intelligence and emotions of women as unworthy of attention, these formidable women listen, sleuth, and deduce the location of lost items, untrustworthy servants, and the like.
Cassie, as the youngest, is ready to join the group. She thinks she has to prove herself by doing it all alone. So, part of her story is learning that it is okay to turn to someone for help. In her case, that someone is the handsome Viscount Whitehurst, Luke Fitzwilliam.
I loved Cassie’s and Luke’s journey to happily every after. I loved Aunt Sarah and her cat, Uncle Simon for the comedy relief. I loved the suspense, the romance, and the family. This is going to be a wonderful series and I look forward to getting to know the rest of these characters more intimately.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
The Duchess’s Investigative Society Series:
1. Secrets of a Duke’s Daughter
2. Temptations of a Duke’s Daughter (releases 06.07.2021)
Also from Samantha Holt:
· The Angel’s Assassin
· Buckle Down
· Christmas Seduction
· The Crimson Castle
· Eden’s Fire
· Heart of a Viking
· Her Dream Cowboy
· Her Highland Defender
· How to Marry a Rake in Ten Days
· Hunting His Highland Lass
· Kissed at Midnight
· Knight’s Captive
· Love or Loyalty
· Must Love Lords
· Not Another Soldier
· Once Upon a Rake
· The Rake Who Rescued Me
· The Sexy Bartender’s Virtual Seduction
· A Summer Siege
· Tempting His Mistress
· Too Much to Lose
· Warriors
· The Warrior’s Reward
· A Whole New Duke
Bluestocking Brides Series:
Lavinia and the Laird
1. Amelia and the Viscount
2. Julia and the Duke
3. Emma and the Earl
4. Catherine and the Marquis
5. Lilith and the Stable Hand
Borderland Legacy:
1. Borderland Bride
2. Borderland Beauty
3. Borderland Betrayal
Cynfell Brothers Series:
1. Sinful Confessions
2. Sinful Deeds
3. Sinful Liaisons
4. Sinful Cravings
5. Sinful Possession
6. Sinful Temptations
7. Sinful Secrets
Highland Fae Chronicles:
1. To Steal a Highlander’s Heart
2. To Dream of a Highlander
3. To Avenge Her Highland Warrior
The Inheritance Clause Series:
1. There Are Plenty More Dukes in the Sea
2. A Rake Never Changes His Spots
3. Once a Wallflower, Always a Wallflower
4. All’s Fair in Love and Debauchery
The Kidnap Club Series:
1. Capturing the Bride
2. Stealing the Heiress
3. Taking the Spinster
The Lords of Scandal Row Series:
1. The Taming of a Wicked Rogue
2. The Tempting of a Devilish Lord
3.
One Knight Collection:
1. One Knight
2. Black Knight
3. White Knight
4. Highland Knight
Regency Fairy Twists:
1. Wake Me with a Kiss
2. The Beast Who Loved Me
3. Dance with Me at Midnight
Rogues of Redmere Series:
1. You’re the Rogue that I Want
2. When a Rogue Loves a Woman
3. Waiting for a Rogue Like You
4. What’s a Rogue Got to Do with It?
Spinsters Club Series:
1. Gentlemen Prefer Spinsters
The Wallflower Brides Series:
1. Married to the Rake
2. Married to the Lord
3. Married to the Earl
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