In my opinion, if you miss new Bridgerton episodes this is the book for you. Support the SAG- AFTRA/ WGA strike, turn off Netflix and grab a copy of Every Duke Has It's Day. It was like a palate cleanse after a stressful day at work. A fun regency romcom with *2* wacky dogs, grumpy/sunshine HEA is all I ever want. 4.5/5 stars

This book was well written and a fun romantic comedy set in Regency era England.
The romance was nothing was nothing more than kissing but the book had language that makes it not so clean and wholesome like a true regency era romance.

I just finished Every Duke has his day by Suzanne Enoch and here is my review.

Michael Bromley may be a Duke but he isn’t interested in the society or the trivial pursuits that come with it. He has bigger aspirations. Chemistry. He has no decorum and his eccentric ways keep people from getting too close. When his Aunt Mary asks him to watch her beloved Poodle Lancelot while she is away, he does so begrudgingly.

Bitsy Dockering is the daughter of a viscount and in her second season in London. Everyone loves her, even her nightmare pooch, Galahad.

A mishap at the park has both Michael and Bitsy accidentally swapping dogs. Unbeknown to Bitsy, her suitor has planned to steal her dog as he and the dog do not get along. Problem is the dognapper ends up with Lancelot instead of Galahad which has both Michael and Bitsy working together to find the missing dog. Michael isn’t thrilled that Bitsy wants to help. He has no time for flakey women. He soon realizes he may have misjudged Bitsy and he certainly isn’t missing the chemistry that is igniting between the two of them.

I loved the title of this book and that was one of the reasons I had to read it and it really didn’t disappoint. The book was full of funny quips and banter! The situation was so funny and only something so insane could have bought a man like Michael out of himself. I loved watching Bitsy shed off the constraints of formality and find not only herself, but a man that could see for her more than just a wife in name. It was super sweet and I loved how eccentric Michael was.

I am always a sucker for historical fiction set in London. It’s like my catnip! I loved the intrigue of dogs being mixed up and how all zany adventures started. I have a real soft spot for Jimmy too and watching him figuring out who he wanted to be was amazing!

If you love regency romance books then you must add this one to our TBR. The adorable seemingly incompatible pair will fill you full of all the feels!

5 stars!!

Thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for my gifted copy

💕Short review: Hilarious historical hijinks

💕Long review: Intelligent and anti social Michael, the Duke of Waritan, is dog sitting his aunt’s beloved poodle. While on a stroll when he’d rather be tinkering in his lab, the dog gets mixed up with another identical poodle belonging to Elizabeth Dockering. Think the opening of 101 Dalmatians and, as a result, Michael and Elizabeth unknowingly go home with the wrong dog.

Elizabeth’s slimy suitor, Peter Cordray, hires a petty thief to dog nap Elizabeth’s dog but, because of the chaos in the park, the wrong dog is stolen. Eventually both dogs go missing so Michael and Elizabeth must team up to find the thief and recover their dogs.

Full of fun and laughs this book was a delight for animal lovers with a cute cover too!

I thought that this book had a cute start. However, While I enjoyed the male MC, the female MC was quite two dimensional. I really couldn’t connect with her, she was just too superficial.

I feel that others may enjoy this book, however when it’s a romance and I don’t like one of the main characters it’s a deal breaker for me.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martins Press for providing me with an ARC of this book to read and review.

I was eagerly awaiting this story and it didn’t disappoint. I was completely captivated by this intriguing, fun, entertaining, opposites-attract, slow burn, regency historical romance.
Michael Bromley, the Duke of Woriton, was a man who spent his time doing science experiments, instead of dealing with Society and Ton events. When his Aunt leaves to go visit a friend she leaves her beloved poodle Lancelot with him. Walking in Hyde Park with her dog, this grumpy Duke finds himself wet and in the serpent river after a run in with the beautiful, sunshine “Bitsy” Lady Elizabeth Dockering the diamond of the season and her poodle Galahad.

What follows is an accidental dog swapping, a dog napping, and an unlikely partnership. As well as a villain in their midst!

This was filled with witty banter, snarky barbs, stolen moments, mystery and pounding hearts. This story had me laughing out loud and smiling as this story and their romance swept me away.

This story was filled with fantastic characters, from the hero and heroine to their precious pets and the secondary characters. All being crafted so well that it you either loved them or disliked them. Will these two opposites solve the mystery that has brought them together? I adored this delightful story!

I requested an early copy through NetGalley and this is my voluntary honest review.

This is a fun, entertaining, captivating read. Michael and Elizabeth are intriguing, relatable, entertaining characters. I enjoyed their romance, and the intrigue subplot. These two are compete opposites and yet they balance each other out. I enjoyed their on-page time together from the start. The dogs as secondary characters added much to the fabric of the story. The human secondary characters were varied and added to the story. I wish that the epilogue had been about our main couple. The story is easy to read and very enjoyable.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Michael Bromley, Duke of Woriton, is considered eccentric by the Ton. He is interested in science, detests Society events, and is somewhat grumpy. Elizabeth Dockering (Bitsy to her friends is the daughter of Viscount Mardensea. She is charming, loquacious, enjoys Society events, and is very popular. What can these two people have in common? Their dogs are missing. Well, Michael’s aunt’s dog, Lancelot, and Elizabeth’s dog Galahad. Michael begins to loosen up, and he and Elizabeth bicker and snap their way to fun and romance. The villain, an erstwhile suitor, is unpleasant and worse. The story is a romcom centered around the search for their missing poodles. In addition to the romance, there is dognapping(s), mixed up dogs (mistaken identity), a dip in the Serpentine for a duke, romance for a reformed (maybe) thief, and happy endings enough to go around. The narrator does a good job of arrogant aristocratic voices as well as the rookery accent.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed it.

Such a cute, fun read. If your a Bridgerton fan, definitely check it out. It’s funny, a little mysterious (dognapping is a real problem) and romantic. It’s also a great one for all of you STEM romance lovers!

I loved the characters and adored the writing. It felt like it had a little bit of everything. This is a great book for anyone looking to cozy up with a fun romance this fall!

This was a super fun, super cute, opposites attract, Regency romance featuring a reclusive, science minded Duke with no time or patience for social niceties and a Diamond of the first water social butterfly who believes her ability to navigate society is her most important skill, Their outwardly opposite/inwardly similar view is contrasted with their two black standard poodles, Lancelot (Michael's) and Galahad (Bitsy's) who are outwardly identical but inwardly very different..

Michael's (or rather his beloved aunt's) Lancelot is a well-mannered, well-behaved gentleman who would never cause a ruckus in public or private. Bitsy's brute, Galahad, on the other hand, lives to cause problems for her staff, friends, and especially, any of her suitors who might get a bit frisky. When these two pooches get tangled up with each other in a London park the game is on.

There's pooch mistaken identity, a dastardly suitor of Bitsy's who thinks all he needs to win her heart is to get that demon pooch, Galahad, out of the way, dognapping, (not once but twice), a tangled and desperate investigation that keeps throwing Michael and Bitsy together in a race to find and save their dogs, and a kind-hearted dognapper who discovers a love of his own while trying to deal with two big poodles in a tiny rented room.

Michael is grumpy in the best kind of way. He is devoted to his scientific inquiries in the hopes of improving people's lives and has no tolerance for inane chatter. He initially writes Bitsy off, but quickly discovers that she has a lively and inquiring mind and a caring spirit underneath her polished manners. Bitsy appears flighty and a bit dense but she's actually quite skilled at appearing to play the society game while constantly sizing up the people around her and making connections with them both help them out and to advance her own goals. This fluffy, grumpy/sunshine romance was low on spice, but the connection between Michael and Bitsy was obvious right from the start. My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions in this review are my own.

This was such an entertaining book to read! Some books with animal side characters don’t seem to work, but Suzanne Enoch pulls it off with great flair and adventure! From dognapping of misidentified dogs to circus performing dogs, to a bad guy who is actually a nice person, this book leaves you will so many great feels.

Michael, the Duke of Woriton, is caring for his aunt’s beloved black poodle Lancelot while she visits a friend. Although he would much rather spend time in his lab, he decides to take Lancelot for a walk in Hyde Park. What could go wrong on a walk?

Elizabeth (Bitsy) Dockering also has a black poodle, Galahad, who happens to be a menace to everyone but Bitsy. Michael and Bitsy meet for the first time in the park and opposites do attract. When Galahad and Lancelot accidentally get mixed up in the park, they go home with the wrong owner. From there, said dognapping occurs with plenty of romantic comedy, witty dialogue, and laughter to follow.

The pace of the story is perfect, with well-developed main characters. The secondary characters are so fun they almost take center-stage. If you like grumpy dukes who are a little eccentric, charming and down-to-earth Diamonds of the Season, historical rom-coms, and the opposite attract trope, this is the book for you! You won’t be disappointed!

Thank you to Suzanne Enoch, St. Martin’s Publishing, and NetGalley for an Advanced Reader Copy. I voluntarily read the book and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was an entertaining, well-written book. It was sweet, fun and action packed. It held my interest and I didn't want to put it down. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.

Good book, worth reading. There were three plot threads: 1) Poodles periodically missing and appearing like a shell game. Peek-a-boodle?  2) A slow burn romance between Michael, the Duke of Woriton and Lady Elizabeth. Um, dial that down to a slow simmer. 3) A true slow burn romance between Jimmy Bly and Sally Pangle.  

What did the stories have in common? A lack of depth. The dogs had no personality. They had a chance to show off a few tricks--if you blinked you missed them. Mostly they growled, whined, and ate. We never learned any backstory about the two couples.

There were hopeful moments between Michael and Elizabeth. He changed because of her, and she changed because of him. There were some romantic metaphors about sparks flying between them, but alas, instead of flourishing they kind of fizzled. If only there was more romance leading up to the inevitable, abrupt HEA. Of the three threads, I enjoyed Jimmy and Sally's relationship the most. Jimmy had some growing up to do, so not a smooth road to their HEA. Ultimately, it was nicely done.

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

Super cute Bridgerton-esque romance! I really liked that the plot revolves a lot around dogs… I don’t know, it was cute and different.

You had me at the reference to Bringing Up Baby. Well, you actually had me when I learned that the fabulous, fantastic, funny Suzanne Enoch was the author. With Every Duke Has His Day she continues her unbroken successful string of books that make me laugh and swoon and just love them so much I can’t stop turning pages but also don’t want to leave these endearing characters at the story’s end.

Science-minded Michael Bromley, the Duke of Woriton, might seem a little odd and boring on the surface, but we – and Elizabeth “Bitsy” Dockering, third daughter of a viscount very much enjoying her second Season in London – soon find out that is not the case. Not the case at all. But the dogs Lancelot and Galahad (great names, by the way) are the real stars of the story. Michael is nonchalant about watching Lancelot while his aunt is away. He’s a scientist for heaven’s sake. How hard can taking care of a dog be? Galahad is sweet, loving and absolutely adorable. Well, to Bitsy – and ONLY to Bitsy. When Bitsy’s dastardly suitor hatches a plan to kidnap Galahad we’re off and running, with a slapstick plot that is indeed reminiscent of Bringing Up Baby via Jane Austen, involving opposites that aren’t all that opposite after all, some humor, some heat, and a delightful romp to a delightful HEA.

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press for providing an advance copy of Every Duke Has His Day via NetGalley for my reading pleasure and honest opinion. Pleasure is an understatement; I loved this book and can’t wait to see what Enoch comes up with next. I voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.

This book is totally charming and sweet. We have a mismatched pair of main characters, he's socially disinterested, and a bit of a grump, and she is the Diamond who lives for her social life and her dog. When said dog (and the dog he is keeping for an aunt) is dognapped, the two work together to rescue the dogs, and they find what has been missing in their lives. The likable thief, and his lady friend, add a second story line that is equally enjoyable. 4-1/2 stars

I received an ARC for free from NetGalley, but I give my honest opinion voluntarily.

*Thank you to NetGalley, Suzanne Enoch, and St. Martin’s Press for an eARC of this book! Available as of September 19, 2023.*

Elizabeth Dockering is the extremely popular and charming diamond of the season, and Michael Woriton is a scientifically inclined Duke who prefers being away from society. The two main characters meet in the park where they get into an argument after Elizabeth’s dog, Galahad, scraps with Michael’s aunt’s dog, Lancelot. The dogs happen to be identical and end up being switched. When they later try to switch them back, both dogs end up being stolen. While the two embark on an adventure to rescue the dogs, they learn more about each other and themselves along the way.

This is a comedic story with a straightforward plot, medium pace, and multiple points of view. I appreciated that both characters get proper character arcs and are fully formed characters. It was cute seeing the main characters come together and use their respective skills to overcome obstacles. I enjoyed the secondary characters and their storyline, and that I got to see the personalities of some of the “smaller role” characters. It was fun seeing their reactions and feeling like I knew them as well as the main characters. They expressed concern, gave good advice, and played matchmaker without just being tools to move the plot forward. The villain came off as an entitled fool to me. He consistently looked down on others and underestimated them, which ultimately led to his downfall. On top of that, his bad nature and rude attitude made it hard to feel bad for his demise. I had a great time reading this book. I would recommend this to someone looking to laugh, smile, and ultimately just have a good time.

Rating: 4.5/5 ⭐️

Happy Pub Day to Suzanne Enoch & @smpromance and THANK YOU for the eARC of Every Duke Has His Day! 💗

I loved this adorable regency era romcom! Every Duke Has His Day starts with a dognapping and ends with a swoon.

I found myself progressively invested in how the dognapping was going to get resolved and I started to root for the characters along the way. By 50% through, I could not put it down!

Michael and Elizabeth are adorable and made me giggle! The rest of the characters are sweet and lovable and I could see this book being adapted into a movie. The slow burn was perfection and this book still has me smiling.

Overall, Every Duke Has His Day is such a cute regency era romance and I loved it! 💘

LIKES:
🐩 Poodle-napping
☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine
❤️‍🔥 Slow burn
🦢 Regency era England
🌱 Themes of personal growth
😂 Rom com
🧲 Opposites attract
🧪 Chemistry themes

This is a delightful, entertaining romp through the streets of London with more than a few dynamic, eccentric characters. This book just radiates joy, and you can tell that Enoch had a great time writing it.

I sped through this one. While it's definitely more "com" than "rom," it really works for a plot that is ever more tangled and at times, a little silly. The multiple points of view make it easy to see the whole picture, and we as readers know who the bad guy is right from the beginning. I loved that we could focus on the interactions between Bitsy and Michael and their growing friendship/romance (and the bonus romance!) rather than try to figure out what happened to the dogs.

Speaking of our couple, they're a real treat, both apart and together. Both have character growth, and seeing them figure out how to balance each other and overcome even self-imposed limitations in their lives (Michael, his eccentricity; Bitsy, her frivolity) is a joyous adventure.

While yes, you have to suspend belief for some of the plot, and yes, it is very convenient that the bad guy found the only thief with a heart of gold, it doesn't detract from the experience. I do wish some of the dialogue had been a little more polished, and that the villain got a little bit more comeuppance in the end, but this is a charming read that's perfect for those looking for a book that's lighthearted and cheerful and full of dogs.

This was such a fun romance! I loved everything about it: the characters, the story, the multiple POVs, the writing.. just all of it! I'm not usually one for historical romances, but this one read so easily and the premise was fun; I just couldn't put it down!

Every Duke Has His Day follows Michael, an eccentric scientist and Duke, and Elizabeth, Bitsy, a viscount's daughter and the diamond of the season, as they try and solve the mystery of their two missing poodles. What started out as a begrudging partnership between two people with the same goal, slowly grew into mutual respect and affection. Yet, as the two begin closing in on the dognapper and the ending of their partnership is vastly approaching, they have to decide if what they forged together is something worthy to pursue, or if they will return to their lives as they were before they met.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a perfect romance for when you want something sweet and a little funny and that's very light-hearted and fun. A perfect read for any fan of the romance genre!