MY DANGEROUS DUKE

Author: Gaelen Foley ISBN: 9780061733970 7/2010 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: 1816 Cornwall

The Inferno Club: In public, this scandalous society of London aristocrats is notorious for pursuing all manner of debauchery. But in private, they are warriors who would do anything to protect king and country . . . They say that the very name of Warrington is cursed . . . From a time as old as the cold stone of the duke's ancestral castle, the Warrington men have been plagued by tragedy. But Rohan Kilburn, the Duke of Warrington, has vowed to escape the predestined torment by forsaking love and devoting his life to the Inferno Club and its secret mission. And then she is brought to him unbidden by cutthroats hoping to calm the duke's infamous temper—a sacrificial virgin of sorts. But even overpowered, Kate Madsen will be no man's sacrifice. And the duke's price for claiming her may be what he has sworn never to give—the heart he has so long and fiercely guarded—to the beautiful hostage he was never meant to love.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

MY DANGEROUS DUKE is a book that continues to make me think of it long after I closed the pages. This is especially because of the Duke himself; he is compelling, uncompromising, and unyielding, all of which make him an utterly fascinating hero. He knows himself and is not going to change who he is, regardless of love. It is a good thing he is given a heroine who accepts all of him!

While Foley tells a robust and entertaining story, the characters are the main reason I like MY DANGEROUS DUKE. They are alive and well in my imagination, and each and every one has a quirk that truly makes them life-like. I am happy to know them, and their adventures together are the stuff of Indiana Jones movies!

If you are looking for action, adventure, and a hero you wish were alive in this day and age, MY DANGEROUS DUKE should not disappoint you.

Shannon Johnson