Duke of Desire
Maiden Lane #12
Elizabeth Hoyt
Historical Romance
Published in 2017
H/h - Raphael de Chartres, the Duke of Dyemore/Lady Iris Jordan
Setting: England, 1742.
Read in February, 2018.
[spoiler alert]
Maiden Lane #12
Elizabeth Hoyt
Historical Romance
Published in 2017
H/h - Raphael de Chartres, the Duke of Dyemore/Lady Iris Jordan
Setting: England, 1742.
Read in February, 2018.
My rating:
[spoiler alert]
All the
good things must come to an end. :( Every year for the past 7yrs. I’ve
eagerly waited for a new Maiden Lane book. It’ll be so difficult to not
have to wait for another new installment, even if the storyline veered
away from the original characters. Even if Ms. Hoyt is writing a new
series out later this year; even if I’m really excited about it. Duke of Desire
marks the 12th installment, the final one, bidding adieu to our much
beloved series. Though I still have 2 short stories to read, this is the
last full-length novel.
Before I get into my review, starting
with quite a bit of discussion on the backstory and how the characters
are connected—because trust me they are connected through each-other and
through ongoing events—I need to talk about the following...
I
came to learn about Ms. Hoyt’s book when I first discovered Romance as a
genre and was binging through the popular authors’ backlists. I don’t
exactly remember why I picked up her books but so glad I did! Ms. Hoyt
was still a bit of newbie, with 2 short series under her belt but making
quite the splash. The first installment of Maiden Lane, Wicked Intentions, was out and waiting for the second installment. But before I could finish the first two series of hers, second book, Notorious Pleasures
was out as well. By then I was SO hooked in her writing style and her
stories that I was more in the lines of ‘oh goodie! gimme gimme!’ LOL I
promptly began the reading of book 1 of Maiden Lane, which also prompted
my love affair with this series.