I love this whole series. The Duke's Guide to Winning a Lady is right up there with my favorites. They are so open with each other. They hold nothing back. I think that a friendship that blossoms into something more is always better.

A contrast in family dynamics elicits a yearning in his heart and a compilation of suggestions to win the love of his life caused the worst upheaval. But the bottom line is, the freedom of choice. Love the characters and hope to read .Caleb's story and maybe Miss Feather’s as well.

I received an ARC of this delightful book from Netgalley and leaving my review voluntarily.

Malcolm is a Duke with a closed heart. His mother chose his first wife who died in childbirth.
Effie is the last and youngest of the Stron women to make her come out on the marriage mart.
But she loves the country, her animals, and the freedom to be herself totally supported by her family.
Effie is a tantalizing idea of a wife to Malcolm but he needs help.
The men in her family gather to give him ideas.
Love happens as well as fireworks.
Emotional and intriguing story of two people aligning their lives.
Wonderful epilogue to end the Strong series.

4 stars

Looks like the end of the series. Effie is the last of the sisters to get wed. She enjoys working with Caleb the estate manager at her brother's estate. She meets the Duke and finds him cold and unappealling. Malcolm is confused by Effie. He's a widower and his mother is keen to pick his second wife. He realised that the disaster of his first marriage was in part due to his mother's choice. Imogen was beautiful but not his match in character, interest or intelligence. Effie's brother, James and her step father Drake realise that Malcom needs help woeing Efie and so they and her sister/cousins husbands come up with the Guide. Malcolm does use some of these suggestions. There's a secondary romance with Malcolm's sister Ada.
I thought Effie was a bit changeable on what she wanted but this is a romance so all HEA have to be tied up.

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

Effie is the last of the Strong girls to make her debut. Only participating to make her mother happy, Effie is determined not to marry. She befriends Malcolm’s sister and becomes acquainted with the aloof widower. They both try to deny the attraction. I received an ARC from NetGalley and Dragonblade Publishing for my honest review.

A great way to end the Strong Family . Effie is the last Strong young Lady who is having her coming out in society and she is not very happy . She is always happy in the country , riding her horse , nursing her animals and managing the estate with her cousin . The only positive is that she will be able to see all her sisters and cousins their husbands and their childrens .and even make new friends . The first time she is going to the modiste Dumas for her wardrobe she meets the Dowager Duchess of Waterbury and her daughter Lady Ada and they became good friends . Malcolm Ware the Duke of Waterbury is a widower who lost his wife when she was giving birth to their child which also born dead . Now after two years he is looking for a wife but this time he is going to choose her and not his mother like she did the first time . While he is the chaperone for his sister and Effie he realises that even that she really doesn't want to marry and she sees him as a brother he has fallen for her and the men of Effie's life help him win her . What will happen when she discover the guide the men wrote for him ? Will she realise that love is real ?
I received this book from netgalley , the author and the publicer as an ARC . Thank you . All thoughts and opinions are my own .