Review: What's A Duke Got To Do With It by Christina Britton

 

Four years ago, a scandal cost Miss Katrina Denby everything. Now, companion to the irascible Lady Tesh and in possession of wonderful friends, she believes her luck has finally changed. Until the man responsible for her ruination returns to England and promptly dies in a fall from her bedroom window. Now the life she had begun to build for herself is in shambles. And not only is she ostracized and vilified, but her friends are suffering as well because of their association with her. Katrina will do anything to gain respectability again and protect those she cares for. But her plans to marry one of the few men who will still have her despite the stain on her name and lack of fortune are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of the only man Katrina ever loved. A man who is now about to become engaged to another.

Sebastian Thorne, Duke of Ramsleigh, was a carefree rogue when he first met and began to fall in love with Katrina. But his father’s horrible actions forced him to give up on his dreams of a future with her. Now, after years of trying to save the dukedom, there is only one option left: to marry, and marry well. But though he has nearly secured the woman—and her fortune—necessary to protect the people who are counting on him, his future father-in-law sends him on one final errand to earn his blessing. What Sebastian doesn’t expect while seeing that job through, however, is Katrina—or that his feelings for her have not faded. In fact, they have only grown stronger, Katrina’s hold on his heart even more powerful than before. With both of their futures on the line and so many lives at stake, will their passion for one another lead to the ruin of them both—or give them a happiness they never dared to dream of?

My Review

What’s a Duke Got to Do With It by Christina Britton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Is it just me or was this one super emotional? Sebastian and Katrina longed for each other for so long that I could feel their sadness as I read. And I really couldn't imagine how these two would finally be able to be together.

Four years on the same night, Lady Katrina and Sebastian Thorne, then the Marquess of Marsten, worlds were turned upside down. Before he could declare his feelings for her, he was called away and learned that his father had passed.

That night Lady Katrina's reputation is ruined and she must step away from London. Now she is a companion to Lady Tesh and is surrounded by wonderful friends. Things are finally starting to turn around for Katrina when the man who caused her ruination is found dead outside her bedroom window.

Now the life she'd managed to build for herself is falling apart. She finds most around snubbing her and it's starting to spill over to her friends. In order to gain some respectability and protection, she plans to marry one of the few men who will marry her despite the stain on her name and her lack of fortune. But it will all be thrown into chaos when the only man she's ever loved arrives on the island.

For the last four years, Sebastian has been trying to repair all the damage his father did to the Dukedom. Now there is only one thing left to do, marry a woman who has a small fortune to help protect the people who are counting on him. His future father-in-law sends him on a final errand in order to obtain his blessing. Never expecting that it would mean spending time with Katrina again.

The attraction is still there between them but neither can afford to jeopardize their futures, so they have to do their best to stay away from one another.

Thank you so much to the author, Forever and NetGalley for this ARC to review.
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