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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Femtopress
Published: Sep 2013
Genre: Fiction - Romance - Historical
Pages: 264
Miss Minerva Lane is a quiet, bespectacled wallflower, and she wants to keep it that way. After all, the last time she was the center of attention, it ended badly—so badly that she changed her name to escape her scandalous past. Wallflowers may not be the prettiest of blooms, but at least they don't get trampled. So when a handsome duke comes to town, the last thing she wants is his attention. But that is precisely what she gets. Because Robert Blaisdell, the Duke of Clermont, is not fooled. When Minnie figures out what he's up to, he realizes there is more to her than her spectacles and her quiet ways. And he's determined to lay her every secret bare before she can discover his. But this time, one shy miss may prove to be more than his match…
So short I expected a quick read but this is a slow go and constant struggle. The Dukes story is fairly easy to follow, but Minnies meanderings are all angst with no explanation of why shes so unhappy. Hoping that plowing my way through to the second half will give some insight. First 100 pages have me wanting to take her out behind the barn and shoot her to end both our miseries.