This is the third, and I think final, in the Say I Do series from Amelia Grey. I have read the previous two books and wanted to finish the series. The Duke of Hurstbourne receives a letter from a childhood friend who once saved his life. He is ill and asks the Duke to consider marrying his sister. He declines and in fact wants to marry for love (at first sight) like his two best friends (see other books in the series). He meets Ophelia who of course stirs something within him. But she is on a mission. When her brother died he was a vicar and a historical and valuable chalice has gone missing. She doesn’t want her brother blamed and wants to search the home of the ton while at society gatherings. Concerned for her being caught he proposes marriage and he will help her search.

First, I have loved the covers of all three books and they drew my interest. The story is traditional historical romance and the characters are likable. I have not read other books from the author but after reading this series I’ve decided her writing style isn’t a good fit for me. I enjoy books that are more descriptive. I didn’t know the time period, and houses and clothing details were limited. Also I prefer less flowery intimate scenes with more description. The female lead was strong but she really only has one goal, to find the chalice. I am sure others will enjoy this style of writing more than me. (3.5 Stars)

Amelia Grey has truly outdone herself with "Love The Duke," the final installment in her captivating series. This book is an absolute masterpiece that artfully ties together all the threads woven throughout the series, leaving readers in awe and deeply satisfied.

From the very first page, Gray’s storytelling prowess is evident, as she seamlessly blends romance, intrigue, and emotion into a narrative that is both engaging and heartwarming. The characters, especially the Duke, are impeccably developed and feel like old friends by the end of the journey. The chemistry between the protagonists is palpable and beautifully portrayed, keeping readers on the edge of their seats, rooting for their happily ever after.

Gray's writing is nothing short of exquisite, with vivid descriptions that bring the setting to life and dialogue that is both witty and authentic. The plot twists are cleverly executed, ensuring that every page turn is filled with anticipation and excitement.

"Love The Duke" not only serves as a fitting conclusion to the series but also stands strong as a standalone novel. It’s a testament to Gray’s skill that she can craft a story that is both a satisfying conclusion and a delightful read in its own right.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical romance with depth and heart. Amelia Gray has delivered a stunning finale that will linger in the hearts of readers long after the last page is turned. Five stars for a truly unforgettable read!

Love, The Duke wraps up the Say I Do series with mystery, romance, and two very stubborn characters. It's an enjoyable read, but my least favorite of the trilogy. While I enjoyed the banter and the mystery, I just didn’t love their dynamic as much as the couples in the first two books.

The story follows the Duke of Hurstbourne, who refuses a dying friend’s request to marry his sister, Ophelia, sight unseen. But when Ophelia shows up disguised as a man, asking for his help to recover a stolen relic, things take a turn. What starts as reluctant teamwork soon leads to a marriage of convenience and a whole lot of tension. Ophelia is independent to a fault, constantly ignoring advice and diving headfirst into risky situations. Hurst, on the other hand, starts off as a bit of a control freak but gradually becomes more endearing. Their romance takes a backseat to the mystery for a while, which made it harder to feel the connection between them.

This whole series, Say I do, is nothing but 5-star reads!

Love, the Duke, a historical romance, features a naive female protagonist and a caring male love interest. Together, these two engage in witty banter, solve a mystery and fall in love. You'll love that he falls first trope and shares his feelings willingly.

Bummed this series is ending, but look forward to what is next from Grey.

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Love, The Duke by Amelia Grey is a charming Regency romance filled with mystery, humor, and slow-burning passion. The Duke of Hurstbourne, known for believing in love at first sight, refuses to marry Ophelia Stowe based on a letter from her dying brother. However, when Ophelia arrives at his doorstep, disguised as a man, seeking his help to recover a stolen chalice, Hurst is drawn into her world.
Their relationship is filled with tension, as Ophelia is determined to solve the mystery while Hurst wants to protect her. Their conflicting views create drama, but their chemistry is undeniable. Hurst quickly realizes his feelings, while Ophelia takes longer to trust him.
The novel balances romance and intrigue well, and while the story is somewhat predictable, it remains an enjoyable read. Fans of historical romance will appreciate the witty banter, strong heroine, and satisfying happily-ever-after. A delightful conclusion to the Say I Do series!
Very grateful to the publisher for my copy through NetGalley, opinions are my own

This is a great conclusion to a fun series. I love fun characters, and Ophelia is a great one. She's feisty and courageous, nothing like her family. Hurst makes a great foil for her. Highly recommend this one, especially if you have read the series!!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley, and I give my review freely

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this ebook and this is my freely given opinion.

This is book 3 of the Say I Do series and as with the others, it does feel like it could be read independent of the others, though there are related characters. In this one, our final remaining bachelor duke, Hurstbourne, known as Hurst. He receives a letter from a distant childhood friend, now a vicar, who has fallen deathly ill. As a deathbed wish, and leaning on their prior friendship and the fact that in their youth, this friend saved Hurst's life, he requests that Hurst look after his remaining family, chiefly by wedding his sweet natured, single sister, Ophelia Stowe.

Hurst believes in love and love at first site, and not knowing this sister, or barely remembering her, as his friendship with her brother was far in his youth, Hurst declines the wedding proposition, and then fails to follow up with his written promise to visit before this friend passes. Ophelia and her mother are left to deal with her brother's death, and prepare for when the new vicar arrives. Unfortunately as they are preparing things to be handed over, they discover that a valuable relic of the church has been stolen, and are determined to try to find it before the theft is discovered, fearful that her brother would be blamed and his and their reputation irreparably damaged.

Based on witness accounts and clues that turn up, Ophelia and her mother enter London in search of the possible theft, and when there, Ophelia confronts Hurst to gain his aid in her quest.

This is a likeable romance, but generally pretty tepid. Hurst, despite declining to wed Ophelia, sight unseen, becomes enamored of Ophelia when he does meet her, but is appalled by her desire to infiltrate homes of the Ton to search for a theft. Regardless, he desires to pursue her and then control her actions after wedding her. Ophelia is in over her head, trying to search for a thief when she has only fringe access to Society. Ophelia and Hurst are both quite dogged in their conflicting views on her desire to investigate and pursue the theft of the relic, adding some needed conflict and drama to their relationship and the story. While I understand Hurst's strong desires to protect his and his friend's privacy and so against Ophelia invading the privacy of others, I do not understand though why Hurst is so firmly of the belief that members of nobility are, in his mind, so unlikely to be thieves and liars, considering his own family's past that is revealed. If anything, his own father's actions should be a strong basis for evidence on far some people, regardless of their status, will go to get what they feel they are entitled to.

3.25 stars out of 5

am always sad when I finish a series.
I enjoyed this last one, as it was fun seeing all the Dukes together, though I would have liked seeing more of them and their wives. This can be read as a standalone, but it is always more fun to read a series in order.
Hurst has a sad story of his upbringing, the son of a younger son who did not expect to become s Duke. I liked that he was waiting for "the one"
He receives a letter from an old friend, a vicar, who is ill, asking Hurst to marry his sister. Sadly, he responds that he will come see him, but he doesn't want to marry his sister.
A few months later, that sister, Ophelia, turns up at his house dressed as a man. Hurst is not fooled but listens to her request. Her brother has died, and Hurst never came to see him. She hopes his guilt will cause him to help her in her quest for a stolen chalice. She wants to find it before the next Vicar arrives, find it gone, and blame her brother.
The tension between the two is fun, and it takes a lot for her to trust him. The mystery is solved, and they will live happily ever after.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the EARC. This is my honest opinion.

The first few chapters were a bit slow for me. Then I started to really engage with Hurst and Ophelia, and absolutely enjoyed the constant back and forth between these two.
The story was a delightful romp of expectations through historical England and the best kind of romance .
You'll love it.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Love, The Duke by Amelia Grey is a third person dual-POV Regency romance. The Duke of Hurstbourne receives a letter from his childhood friend requesting him to marry his friend’s sister, a request Hurst doesn’t entertain for more than a moment before refusing. Shortly after, Ophelia, the same woman he rejected, comes to his door to ask for his help to protect her family.

Of the two, Hurst is the one who is more sure of his romantic feelings despite denying them initially. Once he comes to terms with his feelings, he doesn’t really want to wait to marry Ophelia and even tells her he loves her fairly quickly. It creates a fun bit of irony because Ophelia is the love of his life and he never would have met her if she hadn’t come to him to ask for help in retrieving the chalice that was once in her family’s care. It also opens up a question of whether or not they would have been happy together if he had accepted her brother’s initial offer for them to wed or if it really was Ophelia’s initiative that was the spark.

Ophelia is a bit hard headed, especially in regards to her mission. She refuses to marry Hurst until he promises her that she will not be expected to follow the marriage vows of obeying him until the chalice has been found. I actually really liked this spin because the ‘obey’ part of Anglosphere marriage vows have never sat right with me. I’ll cheer for a romantic lead, of any gender, who rejects them and will be excited when their partner agrees.

There is something of a shared past between Ophelia and Hurst through Ophelia’s brother and mother though Opehlia and Hurst never met. This helps build a foundation for the two to build their relationship upon. This also makes it easier for Ophelia and Hurst to get married quickly as Ophelia’s mother not only supports her daughter moving up in society, but she does like Hurst and thinks he’s a good man, which is always a bonus.

I would recommend this to fans of Regency romance where the male lead falls first and is more open with his feelings and readers looking for a romance where expectations of traditions are questioned

This was such a great historical romance read. It was a great ending to very good series. Ophelia was head strong and determined and I loved that so much through this story. You normally don’t have an MMC who believes in love and not arranged marriages and it was so refreshing to see that take in this story.

The third and final book in the Say I Do series, Love the Duke is Hurstborne and Ophelia's story, and though I wouldn't say it's my favorite in the series, it's still a fun historical romance.

I really liked how determined Ophelia was to prove her brother's innocence. It definitely shed a positive light on her. I also thought it was sweet how much Hurst believed in love, especially after seeing his two friends (the MMCs of the first two books) fall so deeply for their partners. However, Ophelia and Hurst were both stubborn characters, and I didn't always like them. Hurst seemed like he wanted to marry Ophelia so he could "tame" her (control her), which I didn't like at all. And Ophelia was so stubborn and headstrong sometimes, even to her own detriment. Luckily, they both grew and changed over the course of the story, and both had redeeming qualities that made up for the things that bothered me. Learning more about both of their pasts definitely put some of their actions in perspective as well.

The mystery was intriguing, and it was probably my favorite part of the story. The romance was great too. Ophelia and Hurst have a ton of chemistry, though there is one scene where Ophelia's action threw me off. That being said, I adored their more romantic and heart-warming scenes. This is a closed-door romance, and though it's the last in the series, it can easily be read as a standalone. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of the book. All thoughts are my own.

This is the third and final book in the series "Say I Do".
The book is fast paced, has some humor, and great chemistry between the main characters, Ophelia and Hurst.
The search for a missing item is interesting, and there are interesting secondary characters.
I am looking forward to this author's next book.

3.5 stars
Thanks to NETGALLEY and St. Martin's Press for access to this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

I cannot believe that the Say I Do series has finished. One of my yearly delights has been reading about how each duke-Wyatthaven, Stonerick, and Hurstbourne, finds their ultimate match. This is Hurstborne and Ophelia's story. It is my least favorite in the series.

Having watched as his two best friends have found themselves in passionate and loving marriages, the Duke of Hurstborne has concluded that it is time for him to find a wife. The only problem is that when Fate comes knocking, Hurst doesn't appear to be very willing to accept it. It begins with a letter written by a dying childhood friend asking Hurst to marry his sister, Ophelia. The letter is unanswered, the friend dies, and suddenly the aforementioned sister is there begging for the Duke's help in solving a mystery that must protect her brother's reputation as a member of the clergy.

This one was very much a slow-moving plot. But Hurst has to stumble over his ego for a bit of the story before finally succumbing to Ophelia's charms. Luckily, the second half of the novel gave me the passionate love I wanted to see on the page. I feel even people who don't necessarily enjoy romance novels, might enjoy this trilogy. I know that I did!


Expected Publication 01/04/25
Goodreads Review 26/03/25

“Love, the Duke” by Amelia Grey was a fun enemies to lovers book with some serious banter between the MC’s. Ophelia is the sister or Drake Hurts best friend from childhood. After turning down is friends death bed request to Mary his sister, Hurst finds himself face to face with her, Ophelia, dressed as a man pleading with him to help her find a missing chalice and clear suspicion from her brother. Both are headstrong and when Hurst refuses she begins the search on her own. He decides to keep an eye on her realizing soon after that he made a grave mistake in turning down the opportunity to marry her the first time.

This was fun fade to black romance in which there was the mystery of the missing chalice and some heated banter between two headstrong characters. I sometimes found their arguments would drag on and border into the illogical which o struggled with sometimes. Regardless of this fact, I found their storyline fun and original. The plot had me hooked from the beginning and kept my attention throughout, I was finished the book within a matter of days. A fun historical romance and a great way to end the series.

Bumping this regency romance to 3 stars due to the mystery involved in the plot line. For fans of regency story lines, the characters have some fun verbal sparring without being too sappy. Ending kind of fell apart and turned sappy, but solid beginning and middle.

The duke of Hurstbourne, Hurst receives a letter from his childhood best friend, Winston asking him to marry his little sister! He hasn’t heard or seen him in a long time. Winston is ill and wants to be sure his mother and sister are taken care of. He saved Hurst life and was promised by him he would help him anytime he needed him too. He declines, planning to visit him after keeping the plans already made. After he returns home his is told he has a gentleman visitor who must see him. When he meets the gentleman, he knows it is a woman disguised as a man and not all that well. He is shocked to learn she is Winston’s little sister, who has grown into a lovely lady from what he can see. Ophelia tells the duke a priceless Chalice is missing from her brother's church, and she must find it before the new Vicar shows up. If not her brother's name and reputation will be ruined alone with Her's and her mothers. Hurst tells her, her plan to find the missing piece will not work and she will get caught or worse and he will not help her. Ophelia has no choice but to let the duke know he broke his promise to her brother and was too late to see him as he passed away after writing the letter to him. Oh, my now Hurst feels bad and plans to watch over Ophelia to keep her out of trouble. Ophelia is not only stubborn, but very independent and will full. As these two but heads while also trying to find out her took the chalice is great. Lots of misunderstanding, feelings and desire began a slow burn between them. This is a great, fun and suspenseful read. Lots of twist and turns to the wonderful end. This is the last book in this series and while all can be read as stand alone, it's great to read them in order. I received and ARC from the author and wish to thank her. This is my honest opinion and am freely giving it. This story has no open-door steamy scenes for those who like to know.

Ophelia disguises herself as a man to seek help from her late brother’s old friend, duke Hurst. He agrees to help in order to keep her out of trouble, leading to unexpected passion and a race against time to recover a missing artifact.

This historical romp is lighthearted and fun, if not completely believable. Hurst and Ophelia are both unreasonably attached to their own opinions, which usually clash. They truly care about each other, even if their stubbornness often gets in the way.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

This is an entertaining, well-written, historical romance novel. It has a likable female protagonist, a kind and caring male protagonist, engaging banter, a mystery and a quest, a heart warming romance, a unique gift, and a happily ever after ending. This is the third and final entry in Ms. Grey's wonderful "Say I Do" series, and it can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone. Her loyal readers will appreciate the appearance of characters from the previous novels in this series.
Many thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Amelia Grey, who kindly provided me with an ARC of this delightful novel. This is my honest opinion.

I have wanted to like this series so badly but it just hasn’t worked for me. Hurst and Ophelia were not compatible. I love a good unlikeable character but Hurst was kind of a jerk (and not the fun kind but more of the controlling variety) and Ophelia was headstrong and obstinate to the point of getting into situations that could have been avoided if she’d just listened to a singular other opinion. Unfortunately, this was a DNF at 69%