Eloisa James has been delighting me for years since the Desperate Duchesses series. The Wilde of Lindow Castle are just as wonderful. No tropes needed for Eloisa, the plots are original and strong filled with spunky ladies and men that will make you swoon.
In Say No to the Duke it is time for Lady Betsy to finally accept a proposal but will it be the one she expected? Lord Jeremy was rescued from Bedlam by her brother. Damaged by war in the America's he is grumpy and dangerous far from what Betsy wants her husband to be. She would prefer a cold marriage of convenience so she can shake the passionate scandal of her mother. Jeremy sparks a wild spirit in her that she must keep hidden in the ballroom but in the billiard room that is another story. After a wager won, Betsy wants an adventure in breeches and Jeremy must take her to an auction dressed as a boy.
Absolutely a wonderful read!!!!

Lady Betsy has spent most of her life making sure she doesn’t live up to her mother’s reputation. When a a future proposes in front of her brother’s friend, she has to make a decision. ARC from NetGalley.

Eloisa James has brought us another must read series. This is a series that Brigerton fans will love with a large family and lots of scandals!

James' Say No To The Duke focus on Bodacia/Betsy/Bess and Jeremy. Betsy is a wild Wilde that has created a perfect lady persona to the public. Jeremy was introduced in the last series. Jeremy is suffering from PTSD after serving in the army (colonial war) and alcoholism. The two characters always seem to be at each others throats and place a bet on a billiards game. Betsy is also courting a soon to be Duke, Thaddeus in this book. What I love so much about this one is the depth of healing and love the characters find in themselves and in the family. I highly recommend for all the feels!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. #EloisaJames #SayNoToTheDuke #NetGalley

I received an ARC of the book "Say No to the Duke". It was a historical romance-the 4th in a series, but you do not need to read the prior ones. Eloisa James' books usually involve the aristocracy, a problem and a HEA and this one followed that format. The heroine wanted to be able to dress in breeches and the hero suffered from PTSD from the American Revolution. Her mother had run off with another man, so the heroine worried that she would be like her mother. She was offered marriage to a duke but she like to banter with the hero. I still find it unplausible that the heroine would have been in the hero's bedroom in the 1700's before marriage. I would recommend this book to other people who like aristocratic romances or historical romances.

I kind of love Jeremy even with all his PTSD. I liked him in Wildes #3 and he continues awesome in this one. Betsy is also a fun character with a lot of intelligence and gumption. The whole Wildes family remains stellar and I look forward to #5 in the series.

Thanks to the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really, really loved this one? The romance was delightful and funny, and I wanted to give everyone a hug with all their issues. I am both intrigued and wary re: the next book setup so we shall also see how that goes.

I love this series. This is a very fun quick summer/vacation read. I did feel like the whole bet was drug out way too long.

Another great book!!! I love anything Eloisa James writes! She never disappoints me. Her storytelling astounds me!! Can't wait for her next book!!

This was so intriguing. I wanted to dislike him for so many reasons but I fell in love right along side her.

I received a free copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I love eloisa James and this book is not different. say no to the duke is the eldest Wilde daughter's story. Betsey is afraid that she will be just like her mother who abandoned her husband and children to runaway with her Prussian lover. Betsey has decided to prove that she is the perfect lady and collects marriage proposals. Jeremy is living with the guilt of surviving when his entire platoon was decimated. as Jeremy helps Betsey be herself rather than the society facade she puts on they fall for each other. I really liked Jeremy and can't wait for the next book in the series.

With every book I read in the Wildes of Lindow Castle series, I fall more and more in love with the Wilde family! I love series that follow siblings and their paths toward love – and what better family than one with SO many kids? Betsy is the proper lady of the family, a recent debutante who is determined to never act as flighty and promiscuous as her mother. She falls for one of her brother’s best friends, Lord Jeremy, who is everything but a proper gentleman. Their romance is slow and sweet – it’s another great addition to a series I adore!

I loved the idea behind this book: the heroine wants to experience freedom like she never has before by dressing and acting like a man for a day. While the execution was not exactly how I imagined it, I really did enjoy Betsy and Jeremy’s slow burn romance. Betsy has her list of suitors to choose from (one is a freaking duke!), but no one gets to her, connects with her, makes her burn as much as her annoying brother’s best friend. Jeremy has returned from war with PTSD, which he deal with by drinking. The only highlight to his day is when he interacts with Betsy. They both have struggles to overcome (Betsy with her trying to attain perfection and avoid all things sexual, Jeremy with his PTSD), but I loved that they both learned to navigate through those struggles together.

The only issue I had with this book was the execution of Betsy dressing as a man for a day. I felt like that part of the plot was dragged on for too long. I kept waiting for it to happen and it finally occurred around 2/3 of the way in. That part was slow for me, but I adored the way Jeremy and Betsy fell slowly for each other. It made my heart so happy when they finally realized their feelings for each other!

If you love this series, you definitely will want to read Say No to the Duke. And if you haven’t started this series yet, you really should! Book 2, Too Wilde to Wed, is currently my favorite so far. I’m so looking forward to more from the series!

Lord Jeremy has just returned to England after serving in America during the Revolutionary War. He goes to the home of his best friend and meets his beautiful sister, Betsy. Betsy is so popular this season and it seems after many rebuked marriage proposals, she is once again attached to a new beau who is a future duke. Jeremy is drawn to Betsy but must convince her to say no to the Duke! My first thoughts about this story was the pleasant surprise after the first chapter! It was so engaging with wonderful characters that were realistic and imaginable. I absolutely loved it and give it five stars for keeping me engrossed long into the night!

Lady Boadicea (Betsy) Wilder wanted to be a 'regular' debutante, but was afraid that she'd inherited her wayward mother's trait of loving a man and then just up and leaving him, running away with another, leaving her children behind. She also wants a best friend, and is delighted to be allowed to attend boarding school, until she realizes that her mother's antics have followed her and caused others to shy away, one dramatically!

Several years later, after turning down many proposals, she's ready to be engaged to a future duke, who she feels comfortable with; however she still feels stuck. Enter Lord Jeremy Rodan, her brother's best friend, who's been staying at the Wilde castle while recovering from war in the Americas. He's dealing with a lot of guilt and PTSD for letting his troops down. He says she should marry the future duke, she thinks she'll be just like her mother, loving and leaving the good man.

Things happen, some believable, some not, and Jeremy discovers - surprise - that he's only really comfortable with Betsy. Not surprisingly - it's obvious that the HEA will be theirs - but it's a cute story anyway. Not as good at the first three but pleasant.

Perhaps the Romance genre is not for me, or perhaps it's Eloisa James' variety of Romance novel that I am not drawn to. Say No to the Duke is readable but not a lot happens. If you need an easy beach read and if you enjoy these time periods and lengthy love triangle story lines then this is for you.

Eloisa James' variety of romance novel often reads like it was written by someone that has never had initmate relations, the descriptions are very virginal and the purity of the heroine is always a major plot point which just feels gross to me in this day and age.

This was pretty good. I got an e-arc from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Lady Boadicea Wilde, has always had her mother's reputation as a loose women held against her so many years later when she debuts she vows to never marry a man who she thinks will cause her to be considered a women who enjoys bedsport. (Honestly really representative of the times but ladies should be able to enjoy themselves during sex. Why else have it?Oh babies ahha.)
Anyways one night after her brother's wedding Betsy is having a game of billards with a Duke and Lord Jeremy has this overwhelming attraction to her. So the two spend some time together and Betsy makes a bet with Jeremy that if she wins a game of billards (pool), she can dress up like a man and bid at an auction and Jeremy will come along.
Betsy or Bess wins the game and the two have to go to an auction.
I did really enjoy the sexual tension but it took 80 percent of the book to get to the "get some" part which if you are not that into that this is probably a book for you. One about one sex scene.
I give this a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
The ending with the conflict with Gregoire was kind of rushed and could have been a major plot point in this story but I didn't feel like it was needed or could have been left out all together.

I loved this book. The two main characters, Jeremy and Betsy, had great banter with each other and you could practically feel the sexual tension between the two of them.
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC.

Sins of the parents often comes back to haunt the children-even gorgeous self assured children. Love happens often when you’re not looking. Those are the two statements that describe Betsy & Jeremy’s courtship.

Wildest of the Wildes!

Those Wildes! I just adore them and their very human, very idiosyncratic behaviour.
This time add in Lord Jeremy Roden, stalwart damaged warrior with wonderful sense of humor and so real.
I adored this story of young woman who resolved early on never to display the passion her mother had.
From her early days at school Lady Boadicea 'Betsy' Wilde had learned that society was very unforgiving for the daughter of a woman who'd borne children to different men and run off to Prussia with her lover. After all 'blood would out". Betsy determined to be above reproach, even as she squashed the frightening passionate and excitable side of her nature. Lady Betsy would give society nothing to gossip about. She would be an example of all that the ton required of a young woman.
Hence a path strewn with marriage refusals as Betsy battled her internal demons.
Only Jeremy, the damaged hero warrior really saw her, and what a difference that "seeing" would make.
A game of billiards, a wager' and a pair of breeches leads to a night to remember before Betsy finally accepts a duke's proposal, before she crowns her season with success! After all this was what Betsy wanted, and she would never say no to a Duke, even as Jeremy intrigued!

A HarperCollins ARC via NetGalley

I continue to adore the Wilde family and this whole series. Loved having a Wilde woman as a protagonist this time!

Say No to the Duke is the fourth book in the Wildes of Lindow Castle series. I love Eloisa James’s writing style and was not disappointed with this book! It captured my attention in the first chapter and it was definitely a hit. I love the Wildes series because they are so loyal to family, strong minded, entertaining and independent beings. This is Lady Betsy and Lord Jeremy’s story and it just as exciting as the rest of the series. Lady Betsy is sassy, independent and determined to have the most amount of marriage proposals. A future Duke asks her to marry him and when she refuses saying they don’t know one another; the future Duke decides they need to get to know one another. Jeremy is haunted by memories and staying with the Wilde Family at Lindow Castle as a guest. As interest in life returns to Jeremy, he becomes more interested in Betsy. Betsy has worked hard to perfect her “society face” but longs for adventure. This book was well written and fast paced. The characters were well developed and provided so much entertainment. Their interactions are full of banter and wit. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.