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Let Sleeping Dukes Lie

Rules of the Rogue Series, Book 2

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Let Sleeping Dukes Lie

By: Emily Windsor
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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"Strait-laced. Ruthless. Arrogant."

Alexander Westhide, the Duke of Rakecombe, has no quarrel with such faint praise as he has forever shunned marriage, women, and anything remotely resembling love. Indeed, the damning words merely serve to enhance his haughty façade. But beneath the controlled demeanor lies a duke beset by tragedy, a man turbulent and restless.

"Forthright. Impudent... Capricious saucebox."

Miss Aideen Quinlan can't quite explain why she feels the need to taunt, tease, and generally annoy the Duke of Rakecombe. Maybe it was for the heart-racing spar of words that always ensued, or maybe it was to see the duke's broad fist clench on his ebony cane, green eyes glittering.

Or maybe it was because she was unable to erase the memory of his vehement kiss....

An unlikely couple.

Torn between his world of espionage and this unquenchable passion, the duke still refuses to lower his fierce defenses. If Aideen is to capture her resistant duke's troubled heart, it is she who must follow the Rules of the Rogue.

Resistance is futile....

©2018 Emily Windsor (P)2019 Tantor Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Heartfelt
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Aideen’s responses to her friend’s distress would have been impressive if laced with irony, and ok if simply gauche. However, it just seemed that she did not grasp the point (i.e. not too bright), which begs the question of whether Alex was likely to find much intellectual stimulation in the marriage … The side banter between Alex and Jack was very funny.
The performance was awfully close to straight annoying. Justine Eyre can do a good Irish accent, but her Welsh accent sounded like Irish. I noticed previously that her Scottish accent also sounds indistinguishable from Irish. Her English accent is marked by odd vowel pronunciations, and she seemed ignorant of how to pronounce some words as they should be said. For example, ’coquelicot’ is not pronounced ‘coke-lick it’ - might sound trivial, but as the colour was the subject of a running joke, someone should have picked it up.

Not quite as good as the first in the series, but still worth reading.

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