how to love a duke in ten days by kerrigan byrne

watching her grow to trust a truly kind and understanding man was fantastic.Īnd this book struck the perfect balance of romance and plot AND setting.

our heroine is understandably tense around men and has sworn off marriage and intimacy. it made my stomach turn and i can't help but wish that someone had warned me, whether that was reviewers or the book itself. i don't mean in the 70s historical romance alpha male forceful sex way i mean it in the truest sense of the word. It feels odd to start off a review like this but i don't want it to get buried since i've not seen it mentioned anywhere else: the prologue to this book opens with a pretty graphic rape scene. I really really loved this one despite some initial misgivings He will do whatever it takes to keep her safe in his arms. But her gentleness, sharp wit, independent nature, and incredible beauty awakens every fierce desire within him. When she proposes marriage, Piers knows that, like him, trouble haunts her footsteps. Then, Alexandra enters his life like a bolt of lightning. Winning a lady’s hand is not so easy, however, for a man known as the Terror of Torcliff. Piers Gedrick Atherton, the Duke of Redmayne, is seeking revenge and the first step is securing a bride. Even if he does have the reputation of a devil. Now, with her family nearing bankruptcy, Alexandra strikes upon a solution: Get married to one of the empire’s most wealthy eligible bachelors. But nobody would ever expect that she has darkness in her past-one that she pays a blackmailer to keep buried. And there is only one woman who can bring them to their knees.įamed and brilliant, Lady Alexandra Lane has always known how to look out for to herself. If she sacrifices her body on the altar of marriage, the terrifying Duke vows to protect her, but she fears he’ll change his mind once he realizes what she’s hiding.Įver suspicious, Redmayne knows his wife is concealing something, but he soon realizes that the truest terror is losing the woman who’s come to own him body, heart, and soul.These men are dark, bold, and brave. When the specter of her violent past threatens to expose her, Alexandra learns just how much she stands to lose.

To attain that, he must secure a legacy as old as the empire by claiming a wife. Piers Gedrick Atherton, the Duke of Redmayne, has one purpose. The 1st in a New Series by Kerrigan Byrne

How to love a duke in ten days by kerrigan byrne