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    At the Duke's Pleasure

    By Tracy Anne Warren

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    All the Byrons are just as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" as their famous non-relation … but now the time has come for the eldest son to marry …

    Edward Byron, Duke of Clybourne, has everything a man in Society needs … except a wife. Duty requires he wed, so he decides that a long-standing arranged marriage will do nicely. He knows his bride is beautiful, biddable, and bright enough to run his household and nursery. He expects his betrothed, Lady Claire Marsden, will be thrilled with his decision—unfortunately, she's not!

    Claire has longed for Edward since she was sixteen, but how can he expect her to agree to his proposal when he barely knows her and doesn't love her? Nothing will convince her to accept a loveless marriage. And so she begins a battle of outrageous resistance, forcing Edward to learn that he must lose his heart in order to win his bride.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 12, 2010
    ISBN9780061968174
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    Tracy Anne Warren

    Tracy Anne Warren grew up in a small central Ohio town. After working for a number of years in finance, she quit her day job to pursue her first love—writing romance novels. Warren lives in Maryland with a trio of exuberant young Siamese rescue cats and windows full of gorgeous orchids and African violets. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and dreaming up the characters for her next book.

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    • 2/5
      Frankly, this should have maybe 1.6 stars. There is never a reason to "spank" a woman as though she is a child, especially when bad and disgusting behavior is ok for the male. SO yet another semi abusive male gets off scott free. It certainly adds nothing to the story line.
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    • 3/5
      good enough for a one time read. i ended up skipping pages. the love scenes are delicious and quite steamy. but more dialogue between the leads wud have been better for me.
    • 4/5
      I thought the book started out great but after a few chapters the heroine's behavior/schemes were annoying. I didn't like that very much. But aside from that I loved the hero and heroin's chemistry
    • 1/5
      Unfortunately i just wasn't able to get into this book at all. I liked the hero but what killed it for me was the heroine. Her antics were amusing to begin with but their battle of wills was just to childish for my taste, the heroines part atleast.
    • 3/5
      Claire Marsden and Edward Byron have been engaged virtually since she was born, but the Duke of Clybourne has ignored her since until he suddenly decides he must marry. Claire secretly loves Edward, but realises he does not love her back and the marriage is one of convenience. She won't tolerate being in a loveless marriage like her parents and so schemes to frustrate Edward enough that he will call off the engagement. Meanwhile Edward has enough on his plate trying to figure out who is passing vital information to the French. A nice light read.
    • 3/5
      This is my first book by Tracy Anne Warren. I've been on a historical kick and grabbed this at random from my TBR shelf. Having read it, I'm anxious to go back and read the first two in the series.

      Edward was an excellent character. He's strong, responsible and just a tad domineering, but he's also kind, sensitive and extremely sexy. He takes his responsibilities serious, but he unwinds and relaxes around his family. I think the amount of responsibility a Duke carries is often downplayed in romance novels, but not here. Warren really did an excellent job of showing the weight of responsibility, without weighing the novel down or making Edward boring.

      Claire was harder to pin down. I enjoyed certain things about her. Her zest for life was unparalleled, and her sense of humor and charm made her a likable character. The longer her antics went on, and the more outrageous they became, however, the more frustrated with her I became.

      Though Claire's actions bothered me, I enjoyed this novel for the most part. I'm anxious to read Mallory's book (Edward's sister, the next entry in the series) and also to read about Cade and Jack (the first two books in the series).

    • 4/5
      Claire, has been in love with Edward, the Duke of Clybourne, since she was sixteen years old, but then he broke her heart, and even though they have long been betrothed, she has no desire to marry him now. Claire refuses to enter into a loveless marriage, because she has seen what a one sided loveless marriage is like, and has no desire to go through that. Edward, knows that it is his duty to wed, and knows that with her pedigree and manner, she would be an acceptable wife, but little did he know that he would have to fight to win her hand and affections, and that he could awaken her deep passions and desires with his kiss. Despite her resistance of him, he is ever the more determined to claim her as his wife...no matter what it takes to win his bride....At The Dukes Pleasure is the third in this series by Tracy Anne Warren. I just recently started reading books from this author, and just adore them. At The Duke's Pleasure was such a witty and fun love story, yet the story line still had a serious tone to it as well, but I just loved how the author woven the characters and the story all together, such brilliance in her writing, I was so entranced from the very beginning and I could hardly put this book down. The characters were so vivid throughout the story, both have vulnerabilities that I felt I could relate to. A WONDERFUL STORY!!!My Favorite Quote"No, I told you before, you're the only woman that I want." His lips brushed across her forehead, then over her cheek with a gentle touch that was almost reverent. " The only woman I'll ever want"
    • 3/5
      Semi-entertaining book. Hero and heroine are betrothed from her birth but have little contact until he decides to honor the contract when shes in her early 20s. Heroine doesn't want to marry him because they don't know each other but her father won't get her out of the contract so she decides to get the duke (hero) to call it off by behaving inappropriately, etc. Heroine became slightly annoying after this was repeated multiple times.
    • 4/5
      Very clever: a duke who is used to getting his way and a woman who doesn't want him.