Iain and Seraphina are young loves and are married before they are ripped apart. Each blames the other for their separation and harbor a lot of animosity towards the other. Iain wants a divorce so Seraphina travels with him to obtain one. Along the way, secrets unravel and they question their separation. They're still very attracted to each other and surprise, there's only one bed...

Well I've apparently turned into a watering pot over this book. Seraphina and Iain are star crossed lovers if ever I've seen one. In love, married, and then cruelly betrayed. Years later, Iain finds out that his wife is alive! So much anger and pain in his heart as he sets out to secure a divorce from the woman who taught him not to trust all those years ago. Seraphina's life has been so good these past few years, with a successful business, her sisters safe and happy, and an amazing group of friends. So what that she keeps her pain and anguish hidden? She is a protector and will do whatever it takes. Even traveling with her duplicitous husband back to Scotland to divorce him. Honestly, this was such an amazing story. So layered, with hidden pain inside every heart. Watching these two find each other and themselves....chefs kiss. Also, I need a parrot now!!

I love the Isle of Synne and all of the characters. I've been reading this series since the beginning and just love the way Ms. Britton pulls these women together!

Iain MacInnes, stable hand, falls for Seraphina the daughter of the Earl who has the stable when Iain works. Seraphina loves Iain with everything in her. They secretly marry and after their wedding night, she goes back to say goodbye to her sisters before Iain and Seraphina leave to make their way in the world.

A series of lies and treachery has Iain believing Seraphina died, and Seraphina believing Iain took money from her father to leave her. Neither knows the truth of what exactly happened 13 years before.

I loved this book and the story of what happened in the intervening years. Both were duped and their love was torn apart. Seraphina doesn't feel like she can allow Iain back into her heart, since she's done anything needed to keep her sisters with her and away from their father. Iain isn't sure his love for Seraphina will be able to break through the walls surrounding her heart, and isn't sure he wants that.

Will traveling together to finally get the divorce they've agreed to bring them back together? Will it allow them to move forward with their new lives? Will keeping secrets from family and friends who love you ever be right?

A shout-out to Phineas for making the ride more interesting and giving me a few laugh out loud moments!!

I've really been a fan of Christina Britton's work this year and this book did not disappoint! The amount of time they spent together and just the right amount of angst made this one of my favorite regency romances of the year. This series is a must read for romance fans.

The Duke’s All That is a perfectly fine romance, but it wasn’t anything that really stood out for me. Truthfully, the writing in the Scottish accent made it hard to read. I also struggled with some of the characters having not read the previous titles in the series.

This has all the elements of a lovely, standard regency romance, so if that’s what you’re looking for then this will absolutely fit the bill for you! Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this title. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I love a romance novel that can be read in one sitting with a cup of tea! If that’s what you’re looking for this book is your a cup of tea (ha ha). I really enjoy the long lost lovers, reuniting trope and I think The Dukes All That did a really great job with this trope. I didn’t know this was part of a series when I first read it but I am going to go back and read the other books next. I was really rooting for Serafina and Ian to get there happily ever after. Early. I didn’t know this was part of a series when I first read it but I am going to go back and read the other books now next. I was really rooting for Seraphina and Iain to get their happily ever after..

Thank you #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒖𝒌𝒆'𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐧𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩, 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐚𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝-𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐝-𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬!

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒖𝒌𝒆'𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐧-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤; 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧.

Such a wonderful story! Not exactly what I had hoped would happen throughout the story, but the characters do what they must. Really a heartwarming story! And the characters on Synne are wonderful!

I received a free copy of this book from the author. The thoughts and opinions are my own.

Loved reading the engaging and engrossing romance story. After thirteen years, Iain finds out his wife, Seraphina , is alive, and he wants a divorce. Read the highly recommended, wonderfully written, and a must read riveting love story. Can't wait to read the next book by the awesome author, Christina Britton!

4.75 🌟's

ugh, such an excellent second chance rom - pulled at all the heartstrings in the best way with the perfect blend of angst, a no-nonsense heroine (with a no-nonsense parrot), a hero whose never stopped loving his wife (even tho he obvs tries to deny it but bffr girlie pop), and a swoony reminder that it may never be too late for love <3

sobs, this was so good - the mastery of book 1 is definitely reminiscent in this one (compared to book 2 yoikes)

loved it !

*I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to the publisher Forever for the e-ARC via Netgalley. Releases February 6, 2024!*

I'll be honest- the first novel I read by the author, I didn't particularly enjoy it. However, when I saw the synopsis for this, well, I love a second chance romance in a historical setting so much.

*second chance romance
*enemies to lovers
*serious lack of communication
*forced proximity
*"oh no, we need to stop for rest and there's only one bed"

I enjoyed this one in spite of some predictability and historical accuracy regarding behavior and speech. Those are my own issues, and ones that other readers might not experience.




Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the DRC

Christina Britton is one author whose work I will always pick up - and there is a good reason for that. She never disappoints. I loved this new addition to the Synneful Spinsters series. The main character, Seraphina, is a strong female character who has overcome obstacles in her life. She is fierce and loyal. And a character I easily got invested in. As this is a series, I enjoyed seeing the characters whose stories we have already read. Having said that, there is no need to read the previous books to enjoy this one. This second chance romance was the perfect Saturday afternoon read.

I’ve been looking forward to reading Seraphina’s story since the first book in the Synneful Spinsters series. I was so intrigued by her enigmatic personality and her mysterious past. So, I was thrilled to receive an advanced copy of The Duke’s All That ,where we learn about Seraphina’s tragic past and witness a swoon-worthy second-chance romance!

Iain MacInnes, the new Duke of Balgair, receives shocking news that his wife, whom he believed dead, is, in fact, alive. Determined to divorce Seraphina, Iain travels to the Isle of Synne, and the pair travel together to declare her alive and gain a divorce. But during their journey, new revelations bring way to new feelings, and both Iain and Seraphina must decide if they’re willing to trust each other and take a second chance on their ill-fated romance.

Seraphina and Iain have so much chemistry that it’s almost palpable, but they have a lot of issues to work through since they both feel betrayed by the other. Miscommunication and lack of communication could have saved this couple so much time and heartache, and there were times when I literally wanted to shake both of them. I totally understood their hesitancy, especially Seraphina’s, but their decisions were still frustrating at times. However, I like that both characters grew and learned to open up to others. Both had strong walls up, and it took a lot to break them down.

Seraphina’s foul-mouthed parrot was an amazing bit of comic relief, and there was a satisfactory resolution to some of the unresolved situations in both of their pasts, which I liked. The secondary characters and the strong found family vibes are great too, as are the themes of friendship and sisterhood that are woven throughout this series. The way these women unconditionally support, encourage, and love each other is one of my favorite parts.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for providing me with a copy of the book. All thoughts are my own.

I enjoyed this book in the Isle of Synne series. Overall, the writing is good, and the plot is a departure from the usual. What I found distracting is the re-introduction of characters from previous stories, which is confusing if you haven't read those or are reading them out of order. Also, the end of this story hints at a lesbian love affair for a future tale, which is not my cup of tea. For that reason, I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5.

The Duke’s All That has
*Second chance romance
*Close proximity
*Road trip
*One bed
All the hallmarks of a great Regency read.

I could not put this book down. I was so invested in this couple and needed to know what occurred to separate them, what happened to them individually while separated, and how they are going to get back together.
From the other books in this series I always knew there had to be an interesting reason why Seraphina walked around with a parrot on her shoulder, but who knew it would be so heartbreaking. With The Duke’s All That, Christina Britton has a great Regency romance with wonderfully nightmarish gothic elements like an extraordinary evil villain.
Really enjoyed this book.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was extremely fortunate to receive an ARC of The Duke's All That written by the amazing Christina Britton via Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This author touches me to the soull wighher stories...this one especially was very emotionally moving. Lady Seraphina Trew, now Miss Seraphina Athwart has been hiding herself and her sisters from her evil cruel father and his henchmen. After thirteen years of being incognito, she runs into Iain MacInnes, now the Duke of Balgair. Iian and Seraphina had been married and he now wants a divorce from his selfish wife so that he can move on in his life. But nothing is as what it seems and their journey to divorce becomes more difficult with each passing moment. This beautiful tragic romantic story had me hooked from the beginning...wanting to know what had happened in the past and what would happen in the future.  Ms. Britton's best story yet.

Iain MacInnes, the new Duke of Balgair, receives startling news about his late wife: that she is not dead but currently living on the Isle of Synne. He wants a divorce; however, he first needs to bring Seraphia before the Court of Sessions to gain one. Iain tries to keep his heart closed to her, but the trip to Scotland brings eye-opening revelations. Can Iain convince Seraphina to stay married to him? Or will he lose her all over again?
Miss Seraphina Athwart co-owns a circulating library on the Isle of Synne. She will do anything to keep her tragic past secret from her sisters and friends, even accompany her estranged husband to Scotland. However, they both discover the vicious lies that tore them apart thirteen years ago. Will Seraphina accept their second chance? Or will she allow her inner demons to keep them apart for good?
Iain is a man ruled by anger. He channeled that emotion to help him better improve his station in life. I like despite his need for revenge, Iain never once mistreated Seraphina during their trip. He did keep an emotional barrier between them to protect himself, which is relatable. I also like how, once the truth was revealed, Ian did not keep his anger towards Seraphina. He did war between whether to continue with the divorce or attempt to win her back.
Seraphina had endured so much horror and suffering. She, like Iain, is a victim of a lie. I admire the many sacrifices Seraphina made to protect and to ensure her sisters’ futures. They even managed to make a new life for themselves on Synne without any man’s assistance. There were times when I wanted to throttle Seraphina. I understand her altruistic reason for continuing with the divorce. Respect it even. I just wished the truth about her past would come out sooner so they could work it out.
THE DUKE’S ALL THAT is the third book in Christina Britton’s historical romance series, SYNNEFUL SPINSTERS. The story can easily stand by itself. There is no on-going plot spilling over from the previous ones. Bronwyn and Ash and Katrina and Sebastian, the couples from the other books, make appearances. I wonder if this is the last of the series, especially after the revealing development with the two remaining oddments.
I wanted to love this book like I did the previous two. I just had trouble getting invested in the characters and the storyline. It just fell flat with me. I honestly expected Seraphina’s father to play a more villainous role in the story. I think that would have helped me engage with the characters’ plight a bit more. I thoroughly enjoyed Phineas, the parrot, and his penchant for inappropriate phrases. He livened up the story.

This was a fabulous book!! I loved every second of reading it. I would highly recommend this book to a fellow romance book reader.

A beautiful second chance romance that I literally could not put down. Seraphina is a badass heroine who has survived horrors that no one should have to, and after working through the requisite Big Misunderstanding and her past traumas she and Iain find their way back to each other and find happiness. Iain is the sweetest and is so patient and kind and so in love with her. No one has ever been as deserving as a happy ending, and it was such an emotional and heartwarming story.

The heroine’s past is very dark, so content/trigger warnings: PTSD, abusive parent, physical and mental abuse (off page), asylum (off page), forced by circumstance into prostitution (off page)

A big thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!

Seraphina is the daughter of an Earl .While on holiday at their summer estate in Scotland, she falls in love with a stable hand. Iain is the son of a wastrel third son of a Scottish Duke. They get married but Seraphina decides to visit her sisters one more time. Her father locks her away in an insane asylum and tells her he bought Iain off. When Iain comes looking for her, the father tells him she went for a tour of Europe. Thirteen years later, Iain finds himself the Duke by default (all the other relatives died). Assuming the mantle, he knows he needs to get married to continue the line. The only problem is his marriage to Seraphina. Their story is full of trials and tribulations but they do finally get their HEA. A good read.