The Irish Duchess (Regency Nobles) (edition 2012)

This is about a Romance is a different light. It about a woman. It somewhat an adventure then a romance. There a lot going on in the book. There some drama and some really action though out the book. It a book in a series and this this the first one i read. ( )

The Irish Duchess is a sequel to The Marquess, which I reviewed in September. Unfortunately, TID is not as successful a read as TM. The hero of TID, Neville Percival, appears in TM, as kind of a bad guy, so to see him as a hero in this book makes it difficult to set aside my earlier prejudice of this character. Neville falls head over heels in love with Fiona, a fiery (is there any other?) Irish ward of his cousin-in-law. I would have liked more exploration of the problems in early 19th century of a marriage between a Protestant and Catholic, but this is never addressed in the story. There's also a convoluted plot about some sort of bill or law that Neville is trying to pass in Parliament and some thugs trying to steal some poor Irish people's looms and Fiona and Neville go back and forth, "does he love me?" "does she love me?" and it was just a chore to finish this book. I'm giving it 3 stars only because Patricia Rice is a very good writer and I appreciate that she writes in 3rd person which seems to have gone out of style. ( )

4 STARS

The Irish Duchess (Regency Nobles #3)

The Irish Duchess is book 3 in Regency Nobles but the first one I have read. Thier are other characters that are well developed and feel like I missed things by reading this first. But it can stand alone.

Thier were some love scenes in details. Lots of drama,action, with English nobles,Irish rebels,Irish army,Catholic church and Protestant church. Lots of groups that don't like the others differences.

Neville Perceval is a Duke who is trying to get some laws changed in England Parliament with his two friends. Also if he gets his bills passed he could get in office more.

Neville is poor but has a estate and title. He plans to marry for a dowery to help to get his estate in shape. The woman that he is courting is shy and he does not feel much for her.

Fiona is a passionate outgoing, wears boys clothing,climbs ropes of ships, roofs of cottages,midwife and tries to take care of her village. She is worried about 7 orphans after thier mother died in childbirth. The grandmother tries to help take of them. She had little money. The whole village has a hard time making ends meet. But they have a plan. The village had a fair and earned money that they are going to buy looms and have a cottage industry. But the funds are stolen and the person that had it was murdered.

Fiona and Neville have chemistry and get caught kissing at a social event so they agreed to marry. Fiona's dowery will help buy the looms and feed the orphans.

Before the wedding Fiona runs back to Ireland hoping that Neville will follow when she over hears a plan to murder the Duke and make her out as a traitor. Duke follows and gets hit again and knocked out again. When he wakes he does not make sense and hardly talk.

Thier is a lot in this story that keeps your attention. Now I want to go read the other books in this series.
I was given this ebook to read and asked to give honest review when done by Librarything.

Published November 3rd 2012 by Book View Cafe ASIN B00A1PVHOW
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Duke meets shrew. Taming doesn’t happen.

Neville Perceval, the bankrupt Duke of Anglesey, has been burdened since youth with more responsibility than one man should handle. He has finally accepted that he needs to marry a wealthy, gracious lady who will ease his burdens and smooth his political path.

Fiona MacDermot, the rebellious, untamed cousin of an Irish earl, has the freedom and independence Neville has never known. Like the duke, she needs cash to help starving villagers and orphans. Unfortunately, she’d rather earn a living than have anything to do with useless men, and the politicians she knows all belong at the wrong end of a rope.

But when the duke is nearly beaten to death, and Fiona’s looms are lost to a murdering thief, their lives are entangled in ways that threaten their futures. Lust shouldn’t factor into their destinies, but it does, and now they have to find their dreams together, or die trying ( )

A good story with great characters. My only complaints are that some of the political stuff dragged a bit, and that there were some odd jumps in the plot as if some scenes had been deleted. But the writing was very good and it was an enjoyable read. ( )

I requested, and received, this book through LibraryThing's Earlier Reviewer program because I love Patricia Rice's books. However, it's been several months and I still haven't made it through this one yet. What I've read so far has been good, but it's just slightly heavier than I'm looking for at the moment. This is probably more a reflection of my current life than the book.