I’m not the biggest fan of second chance romance, so this was just ok for me. These two characters were separated cruelly after they had just gotten married. In unforeseen circumstances, Iian thought his wife was dead, but 13 years later, she’s not and now he wants a divorce. We’re back in Synne with recurring characters, my favorite, Lady Tesh. The two mc’s were ok, they both have a lot of baggage but I did feel that they loved each other.

I do love whenever I read a book located on the Isle of Synne. This second chance love story between Seraphina and Iain was no exception. Thirteen years prior they were married, but due to misinformation they split and now their stations in life are reversed. I liked getting more of Seraphina's back story and their journey back to Scotland.

Always a win when I get read Christina Britton! She’s so wonderful! I really loved this story! The couple were perfectly fit! I’m looking forward to reading more from Christina! Highly recommend if you love historical romances!

I really enjoyed book 1 of the series but for some reason couldn’t get into book 2. I decided to go ahead and give book 3 a try though and I am glad I did! I enjoyed the two main characters and their story so much. It was a great regency read!

I received an advanced copy of The Duke's All That by Christina Britton from the publisher Forever via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

What It’s About: Iain MacInnes, Duke of Balgair, has spent the last thirteen years thinking his wife is dead until he receives word that she really is alive and living under an assumed name on the remote Isle of Synne. Furious at the betrayal, Iain is determined to find his wife and get a divorce. Seraphina has made a life for herself and sisters, after fleeing her home to keep them safe from their abusive father while also dealing with the deception by the man who she thought loved her. But then Iain finds her and everything is at risk.

My Thoughts: I’ve read this whole series and have truly loved escaping into this world. This one might be my favorite book yet. This book has a lot of interesting tropes. When Seraphina and Iain met, he is deemed not worthy by Seraphina’s father because he is of working class, but this didn’t stop Seraphina and Iain from eloping. In the time that Seraphina and Iain have been apart, he is now the more eligible one (hi, Persuasion like trope). Then these two go on a road trip while the animosity stirs. These two have reasons to dislike each other so you can totally buy into the enemies for lovers. This book also does a lot of trauma processing and we got to see characters grow. Also, we get to experience a very sassy funny Scottish parrot.

Who Should Read It: People who love a well-developed enemy to lovers. People who love historical romance.

Summary: Two estranged spouses are on a road trip to get a divorce, will the journey heal them after all?

I like this series and this latest addition was a good one, it was stronger than the first and lkittle less good for me than the 2nd but overall like the series and set up!

Seraphina has done everything she can to escape her abusive and controlling father and provide for her two sisters over the past decade. That includes not revealing her secret marriage to Scotsman Ian MacInnes. When Ian, who is now the Duke of Belgair, finds out Seraphina is alive and not dead as is believed he is determined to finalize their divorce. Taken aback by Ian’s reappearance on the Isle of Synne, Seraphina reluctantly agrees to travel to Scotland to have their marriage officially dissolved. After the two find out Seraphina’s father betrayed and lied to them both in order to prevent Ian and Seraphina from being together. Along their journey Seraphina and Ian slowly learn to trust each other and realize past feelings are not gone. With the pair take a chance with each other once again or will past obstacles still stand in their way?

I did find it a bit hard to connect to Seraphina as she is such a closed off and guarded character but the premise and second chance romance I thoroughly enjoyed!

***I received an advance reader copy of this book from NetGalley. I am under no obligation to review the book. All opinions are my own. ***

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book, I loved the first one in this series but did not like the second book at all.

Seraphina is on the Isle of Synne with her two younger sisters whom she has been protecting for years from their horrible father. Her sisters are of age now and she no longer needs to hide them but old habits are hard to break.

Seraphina married Iain when she was much younger and so in love, but she believed that he betrayed her for money because of said horrible father.

Iain has been working and making his way and fortune the best ways he knows how and happens into a dukedom that he never thought he would have. Then he finds out the wife he thought betrayed him and died is alive. He needs to secure a divorce before she can get her hands on his title and fortune.

Iain was under the same impression that Seraphina was, he thought she betrayed him for money, but he didn’t know the horrors she's been through and the things she's had to do to keep her and her sisters safe.

Iain starts to come around pretty quickly, he's always loved Seraphina and falls back into those feelings pretty quick. But Seraphina wont let Iain in, she's been so hurt that she doesn't know how to let anyone in.

She has the same distance with her sisters and her friends who she loves so much, she can bring herself to tell them what she's been through. So she ends up have a wall between her and the people she loves and she doesn’t really know how to break it down and just let people in.

This book was so much better than the last one in this series. I felt the pain that both Seraphina and Iain felt and the hurt because they were separated. Also they were so young when they were separated they didn’t know any better. And Seraphina's father played on both of their insecurities.

Overall a great read, loved seeing these characters together and be so much more than I initially thought.

This book had one of my least favorite tropes (second chance), so I wasn’t sure I was going to like it going in. Christina Britton did a good job with it, though, and I found I enjoy her writing style. I’ll read more from this author.

I’ve read others in this series and I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the others. It was a little slow for me and I didn’t feel connected to these characters

I really liked this one! A good adventure, romance, and a strong storyline. A great novel for a weekend of enjoyment.

Thank you Forever and NetGalley for the eARC of The Duke's All That! All opinions in this review are my own.

This is the third book in the Synneful Spinsters series and easily my favorite! I loved this part second chance and part forced proximity romance! I really like Britton's characters and I can't wait to read more of her books!

"He suddenly had the very uncomfortable feeling that they were talking about two very different things."

When I read the prior book in this series I thought it was heartbreaking and recommended a box of tissue. So, if I start by saying forget the box, you will need a case of tissues then you can imagine how much more heartbreaking this one was! Iain and Seraphina completely wrecked me! I can't believe how much I cried. Each time I thought it couldn't get worse, it did. I really don't want to say much because I don't want to spoil a single bit of this wonderful book. It's almost perfection. Just remember, it's going to rip your heart out.

Iain is amazing! Definitely a true bbf. I loved him so much! I actually got angry with Seraphina for not throwing herself into his arms the moment she found out the truth about the past. He was so perfect. Everything I love in a historical hero, all wrapped up in a kilt, and topped by a sexy Scottish brogue. I dare anyone to not fall instantly in love with this man.

Seraphina was her own worst enemy. Yes, she suffered greatly in her past and I even understand why she was so guarded and protective of letting anyone in. But she is surrounded by people who love her and would do anything for her and still she holds everyone, even her beloved sisters, at arms length. Several times I just wanted to shake some sense into her.

Don't worry if you haven't read the other books in the series. This amazing book can very easily be read as a standalone as Iain wasn't in the earlier books and Seraphina provided almost no hints to everything we learn here. And while the characters from the other books make a few appearances, there is no need to already know there backgrounds. The only caution is that obviously there will be spoilers in the this book for the earlier books, but that is true with most series books.

There's a lot of emotion in this book and while there isn't a ton of action, that's not what kind of story this is. This is a real love story between two people who should have always been together and were cruelly ripped apart in the past. I loved seeing them rediscover their love for each other and find a way to be together in the future. *sigh*

I loved this story. It's a second chance of an Earl's daughter and an orphan groom in Scotland who secretly married and years later come back together. They've been separated for thirteen years after her father manipulating and lies separated them. Watching these two get reacquainted as they travel back to Scotland in a carriage was delightful. They eventually find the truth about their past and rediscover the love they had in their youth.

Seraphina Trew is 32 now and owns a bookshop in the Isle of Synne finally safe from her evil father a powerful Earl. The Earl told each of them separately the other left. Once Iain was gone he bundled Seraphina off to an asylum to have an attitude adjustment and punishment. After a year she was finally released. Her younger sisters begged her to take them away as dear ole dad was planning their weddings to titled old men, at the age of 14 and 15! They stole away and managed to avoid capture from their father until he gave up. Time passed and the Earl declared them dead while the girls were safe on the isle.

Iain MacInnes is now the Duke of Balgair. He was then lead to believe she was dead. Now he finds she's alive and he wants a divorce! Given he unexpectedly became the only surviving male of a dukedom. He decides not to tell her he now has a title in case she wants to become a duchess. He demands she accompany him back to Edinburgh so they can have a divorce and get on with their lives. The four day carriage ride eventually reveals secrets and the truth. They each have to decide if their marriage can survive.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I received this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This is book 3 in the Synneful Spinsters series. I enjoyed the story but the characters not so much. Seraphina has been working to protect her sisters for years. The one thing I hated was how she refused to talk to her family. That drove me crazy. Other than her personality I did like the story.

More like 3.5 rounded up, but many of the book's strongest elements were actually set outside of the isle of Synne that has been such a backdrop to this and the previous series. Road trip to Scotland to dissolve a marriage between characters who still have such deep feelings for each other? Catnip for me, personally. The only thing I would've liked to see more of is Iain and Seraphina reunited; it felt like she went off on her own to come clean with various parties by the end of the book and simply wrap that part of the plot up, and then the timejump meant there was even more distance before they were able to come back together. But overall, a strong series and I'm definitely looking forward to whatever Britton writes next.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this edition from the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is the third book of the Synneful Spinsters series but can easily be read as a standalone. Both Seraphina and Iain have been living in misunderstanding for the past thirteen years. They had fallen in love when Iain was just a stable boy at her father's summer home. Her father was a cruel man, and they decided to elope and afterwards were discovered by him. Feeding off their insecurities, he spun a false tale telling each of them the other had left. Seraphina took the first opportunity she had and took her sisters and left and they have been living on the Isle of Synne. Her life has not been easy, but she has found some semblance of peace with her life now. Iain finds out he is a duke and must marry, but he is already married to Serphina. He believed her to be dead but finds out she is alive and sets out to find her with plans of divorcing her so he can carry on with his life. Although they set out with the intention of divorce, they are forced to confront their past and realize they are still deeply in love with each other. Iain learns all about how Seraphina truly suffered and the sacrifices she made to get her sisters away from their wicked father. He realizes he wants her back, but Seraphina feels she has fallen too low and is no longer worthy of him.
The story was a captivating and intriguing second chance romance that was both touching and heartbreaking. The characters were well-developed and interesting and I found myself rooting for them the whole time. An emotional story that comes to a satisfying conclusion and a wonderful addition to the series. Looking forward to reading the next one!
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Iian MacInnes, the new Duke of Balgair, needs to marry, but he already has a wife. Now he's here on the Isle of Synne looking for his wife to get a divorce. His missing, thought dead wife is Seraphina Trew. Seraphina has secrets she's held inside her heart for thirteen years. What a shock when Iian shows up on Synne. He has to take Seraphina to Scotland to prove she's alive to get the divorce. The journey will reveal the steps her father took to separate them and the sacrifices she had to make to keep her sisters safe. What if she and Iian have a second chance?
Not an easy read. A tearjerker from the beginning. Descriptive sex.
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So freaking good. I love historical romances and this one is now in my top ten. The characters and the story are just absolute perfection and I just can’t wait to read more from this author as soon as possible.

I absolutely adored this book!
Iain and Seraphina’s story of thwarted love and heartbreak was so poignant!
I loved the way the author developed them as individuals who have moved on from the youthful “mistakes “ and how the raw emotions they experience don’t sabotage those memories but serve as a vehicle to explain all the ways they’ve grown.
A brilliant, engaging second chance romance I’ll think about at random moments in my day.
Truly, truly lovely.