Review: Amelia Grey's YOURS TRULY, THE DUKE

 

YOURS TRULY, THE DUKE

Historical Romance

AUTHOR:
Amelia Grey

RELEASE DATE:
March 28, 2023

PUBLISHER:
St. Martin's Paperbacks

ISBN/ ASIN NUMBER :
9781250850416

RATING:
4.5

AUTHOR LINK:
https://www.ameliagrey.com/

 

 

Wyatt, the Duke of Wyatthaven, has no interest in curbing his rakish ways or settling down. However, a codicil in his grandmother’s will dictates that he must marry by week’s end or lose his inheritance. Miss Fredericka Hale meets every one of Wyatt’s needs. He promises to help secure guardianship to the children if she will agree to a marriage of convenience. Fredericka proves to be a distraction Wyatt does not need. Can Wyatt help Fredericka keep her nieces and nephew? But at what price?

Miss Fredericka Hale has guardianship of her deceased sister’s three young children. However, her barren cousin now wants custody of them. If Fredericka wants to keep the children, she must marry and quickly. When the Duke of Wyatthaven offers a marriage proposal, she reluctantly agrees. Things do not go as smoothly as Fredericka hoped. Will Fredericka maintain guardianship of her nieces and nephews? Or will Wyatt’s rakehell reputation hinder that from happening?

Wyatt surprised me. I thought he was going to be another self-absorbed and arrogant playboy, who only thought of his own interests. Wyatt is a man born to privilege yet haunted by his days at school. I love how Wyatt uses his sports club activities to help wounded soldiers and hospitals. It shows there is more to him than the front he presents to the world and his peers. What I love the most about Wyatt is how he treated Fredericka’s nieces and nephew. He often reflected on his childhood with his father and school days to best interact with them.

Fredericka took me a while to warm up to. She too is haunted by events of her childhood. I understand Fredericka’s need to make her nieces and nephew behave. She worries that if they seem too unruly that her cousin could take them from her. However, Fredericka comes across too strict and controlling. What I like the most about Fredericka is her willingness to care on her sister’s orphaned children. She would go to extreme lengths to protect and care for them.

YOURS TRULY, THE DUKE is the first book in Amelia Grey’s brand-new historical romance trilogy, SAY I DO. I have to say I greatly enjoyed this book. I practically devoured it. However, a personal situation kept me from finishing the book sooner. Those who like or crave spicy or explicit sex scenes will be disappointed. It often feels like some authors try to cram as many sex scenes as they can into a book. Not so with this story. The only scene is mild, fade-to-blackish, which I found oddly refreshing.