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3.5-4 stars!
I LOVE historical romances! This book was cute, funny, and had a great cast of characters! The plot included some superstitions of the time, which added humor to it especially when it came to Rick’s Mom (she cracked me up!)! Edwina and Rick had an instant attraction to each other, but their love grew as they spent time with each other. I loved their interactions & them trying to get her sisters into society! I absolutely loved that Edwina was strong and independent! At first Rick seemed a bit old fashioned in his views, and I had to stop and remind myself it was the 1800’s!! 😀. I enjoyed this book and being transported back in time!
Ps: I really, really want a book for Hurst!!!!
Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an ecopy of the book in exchange for an honest review!
Another wonderful read by Amelia Grey. I loved every minute and didn't want to put it down. This book is unique from most other books of this period. So good!
Reading Rick’s and Edwina’s story was so fun to go along with them. Edwina was worried about her being a triplet. She should have known the people she got to know wouldn’t care. This was a great read! Hope we get to know her sisters stories as well.
This was my first book I read in the series. Time to go back & read book 1 now! Even though I didn’t love this one, I still enjoyed it. I liked the premise, I liked how they became a couple. They had great chemistry from the very first moment!! Yessss!
Overall, I found the book a bit repetitive and tedious.
I really enjoyed this book, it seemed pretty short but the content of the book made up for it. It did leave me wanting more once I finished it.
This historical romance was a quick and easy read. The characters are likeable, have some banter going on and get into some expected shenanigans due to an arranged marriage. Also, the side characters definitely add some depth and fun to story.
Sincerely the Duke! I think this was my first Amelia Grey, and I really enjoyed it!! Edwina, a triplet, determined and practical! Rick, benefiting from quite a few instances of fate! As they get together, and work toward finding matches for her sister, I enjoyed this lighthearted story, which stands alone well despite being part of a series.
The second book in the "Say I Do" series, this was a pleasant read, but won't stick in my memory. Edwina is a strong-minded, but naive heroine. Rick is a powerful, high-handed and impatient hero. Their chemistry is fairly low watt. The secrets they are keeping from each other are important to each of them, but really didn't move the story forward by much when they are revealed. All in all, an ok read.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
"Sincerely, The Duke is the second novel in the historical romance Say I Do trilogy about dukes needing to wed to tap into their wealth by New York Times bestselling author Amelia Grey". Edwina and. Rick are meant to be together. In this romance he was the last person who would likely to ask a woman to marry him.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley. This in no way affects my opinion of this book.
A delightful historical romance that weaves secrets, love, and family dynamics into a captivating tale. This book is a great addition to the series. The plot is a little drawn out but overall a great read.
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.
This was a good regency romance that I read in one sitting. There were some funny moments and I enjoyed Edwina’s sisters and Rick’s mother.
I thought the story got off to a strong start. To get his mother off his back, Rick, feeling unwell with a debilitating fever, stuck out his finger on the list of prospective brides his mother handed him and wrote a proposal to the women his finger landed on. A few days later Edwina showed up to accept. Red-haired, green-eyed triplets, she and her sisters have always been hidden in the country by their now deceased father. He was trying to protect them from superstitions that red hair and green eyes meant they were cursed or witches, let alone throwing in the fact that no known living triplets existed. They soon married happily. He promised to help find her sisters husbands while she would give him an heir. Rick not telling her of his weakness and fevers, and Edwina omitting that she and her sisters were triplets. The postponed consummation of their wedding made for underwhelming reading. Don't look for spice here. Rick is all that is good and kind, taking in Edwina's sisters and aunt, while Edwina's insistence that she honor her father's wishes and must find her sisters men to marry gets tiresome fast. My interest was dwindling by the end.
Roderick Cosworth, Duke of Stonerick, continues to have episodes of headaches and fevers. Maybe it's time he took a wife, he does need an heir, especially if next time he doesn't recover from his illness. But randomly picking one off a list is a little unusual. Did he really do that? Who mailed the letter with the proposal? Things get a little tense when Edwina Fine shows up at his house and demands to know if his proposal is real or a joke. Intrigued and attracted to the lady, Rick makes his decision and says yes. It's marriage, then courtship and did I mention she has two sisters that need husbands? What a rollercoaster romance! Very entertaining! Kissing and caressing.
I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book from NetGalley.
This is the second in the series and while better than book 1 it is still a bit of a pablum for readers of historical romance. The story of the triplets and some never heard of societies rejection of red haired triplets is a bit of a stretch and the "vow" that our heroine spends the whole book whining about is nothing more than trying to run her sisters lives and it wears thin after a while and once again the author seems to like something I hate, secrets that would obviously have no real effect on the relationship if told but as usual will be revealed in the worst way just to drive a plot point. I would usually give a book like this a grudging 4 stars but in this case since it seems the author is using a broad outline and filling in new characters and story material, I think 3 Stars is more honest even though I will probably read the next installment just to see where it goes but I did enjoy that for a change we did not have pages and pages of detailed sex that usually adds nothing more than pages that I have to scan since after you read a few hundred of such things I get bored with authors trying to find new ways to see how to insert Tab A into Slot B. So 3 Stars that almost made it to 4
I’m so happy to have read this book. Historical romances are one of my favorites and this is at the top of my list now. The characters and the settings it all just pulled me in and I didn’t want it to end.
Overall, this book was very enjoyable. I really liked the characters and their personality, their chemistry was so good too.
Oh how superstitions impacted how people were viewed on society. Triplets and females with red hair were something to hide or not draw attention to, but seem super silly to worry about now.
Both characters were so blunt in their actions in this book based upontheirown fears or promises. Rick proposed marriage by picking a name from a list and Edwina went along with the proposal to fulfill a promise to her dearly departed father. They could have drug out that decision a lot more, but just went with it. It was nice to see how they grew together, but had some struggles when not sharing secrets (triplets, and a mysterious fever)with eachother.
Maybe a little more angst between our two strong main characters would have helped propel the story more or some more added drama from Edwina's sisters.
Overall I liked the superstitions premise and thought the characters were likeable.
Thank you to St Martin's Press and Netgalley for providing me a copy of this ARC for my honest review.
I liked this book; it was original and had interesting characters. The idea of the tons reaction to triplets seemed a little over the top for 1800s London, but who knows. I liked Edwina and Rick, but sometimes I wasn't crazy about the way they treated each other, although I could understand why. I also felt that sometimes they were great together and other times there seemed to be something missing. Overall, enjoyable.
Thank you to St Martin's Press for providing an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
I really enjoyed Edwina and Rick's story! Pick a name off a list and marry her...I can't imagine what could go wrong. Such fun watching these two find their HEA!
Rick, the Duke of Stonerick, enjoys his carefree bachelor life until a debilitating illness puts a spotlight on his lack of an heir. Caving in to his mother's nearly constant demands that he marry, Rick takes her list of marriageable debutantes and picks the first name that catches his eye. Edwina Fine. He doesn't care what she looks like, only that she is young enough to bear him a child. He sends her a letter - one sentence, proposing marriage - then promptly forgets about it. Then, the lady shows up on his doorstep insisting that she's there to accept. He never wanted a wife, but this woman's beauty might at least make the creation of his heirs a bearable task.
Edwina is shocked to receive the Duke's letter in the mail. Her only marital aspiration had been to marry the local vicar, or someone of equally lowly birth. Marriage to a duke will put her and by extension, her sisters, in front of the wagging tongues of the ton. However, she did promise her father on his death bed to see that all 3 of his girls would marry, and if she marries, maybe her anti-marriage sisters will see that they can't keep hiding away on their father's estate. Their secret is going to come out. They need to be in control of how that happens.
OK, so I get that this happened in a time where multiple births were an oddity but to call them anything less than a miracle and to make them out to be an "evil omen" does a disservice. Fortunately, Rick is not superstitious but unfortunately, his mother is - very. Edwina realizes early on that if she wants to keep her husband, she can't reveal that she and her sisters are triplets. Yes, they are identical, but different hairstyles, and different clothing preferences, help convince everyone that they are simply sisters, born close in age. Once she's married, she continues the charade but will keeping the secret destroy the closeness developing between her and Rick?
Amelia Grey's stories always have enough humor to go with the heat, that they are fun to read. Sincerely, The Duke, was fun from page one, and really makes me want to read the other two sisters' stories, too.