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This book was not true to the period. I prefer Regency romances that are culturally accurate. There was way too much admiring of each other's bodies, thoughts of sex, sex, mention of sodomites, etc. A properly brought up young lady, especially if she were as shy as the heroine was supposed to be, would never have been having those thoughts.

If you're going to write about the aristocracy and the ton, it should be in a way that reflects those times, not modern instalove and wanting to jump each other's bones. 99% of the characters' actions were so scandalous they would have been disowned by their families, nevermind the ton. Either that or you should state somewhere in your blurb that this is not the usual Regency.

In addition, the characters were very one-dimensional, the instalove was so instant that it was simply unbelievable and then each of them spent the rest of the book pining for the other. (Well, the hero especially was rather bipolar, hating her one second and thinking she's a whore and wanting to marry her the next.) I ended up skipping through quite a bit of it. Rather boring and poorly written to boot.


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My thoughts while reading this book veered form "Oh, this is funny" to "what kind of stupid is this?" The book started out well with a heroine who just wanted to be left alone to dig up Roman pottery. Unfortunately, her dying grandmother wanted to see her settled. So, she makes up an imaginary fiance that she plans to do away with after her grandmother's death. So far, so good. She accidentally kidnaps a Duke. Cute. Then there is the stupid scene at the inn that tells me this is starting to go downhill. Hmm. Did I like the heroine? Yes. She was misguided in some of the things that she did, but she had good intentions. Did I like the Duke? No. I understand that he felt guilt because of the death of the previous Duke. And, the poor man now has a wooden foot from his war injury. However, it doesn't account of his lack of backbone. He lets the Dowager Duchess push him around. He really doesn't stand up to his younger brother at his "rescue." For me he was just wishy-washy and not the kind of hero that I prefer. On the whole, the writing is good and the plot was fine. There were just too many unbelievable moments for me.
This is a tricky review for me to write. How to Capture a Duke isn’t a bad book and I actually liked it, but there were a few things that made my eye twitch and I couldn't help but cringe, shudder and groan. I normally like stepping back in time, walking around with my hair coifed, dresses pressed and bonnet on, but in this case…I’ll take modern day any day.

Fiona has a condition called curlyredhairfreckleyitist . Unfortunately, this condition has had her shunned from the ton, treated like a witch and put on the shelf. Fiona has lived with her grandmother since her parents died. Her grandmother is worried about passing and leaving Fiona alone. Besides her grandmother and sister, the rest of Fiona’s family are horrid and treat her like a leper. They want to marry her off to her cousin, which doesn’t suit Fiona at all. Fiona has a dream. She wants to be an archaeologist and spends most of her spare time digging up the estate she lives on as she’s found some Roman treasures. Her relatives want her to marry her cousin, which means her dreams will not be realised. She comes up with the idea of having a fake fiancé to get them all to leave her alone. She just needs to find a victim/fiancé to play the part for awhile.

Percival, the Duke of Alfriston, has returned home from the war without his cousin and also without part of his leg. He became the duke because of his cousin’s death, so he’s not exactly comfortable in his position. A new appointed duke and an amputee has not given Percival a very settling homecoming. He’s on a mission to get the family jewels from his estate and return to perform his duties as a duke and marry a lady he’s never met. On the way back to London, his coach is attacked by a red-haired highwaywoman. She doesn’t want his money though…she wants his body.

How to Capture a Duke then goes on with a madcap adventure where Fiona finds her victim, kidnaps him and forces him to meet her grandmother. How on earth the coach driver thought she was attacking them, just because she had a knife in her hand, is beyond me. The driver then runs away, taking Fiona’s horse, leaving the duke to fend for himself. I mean he’s an ex-serviceman with two arms, one leg and heartbeat…and she’s got one piddly little knife. Who should have won, I ask you? Unfortunately this was the eye twitch stage.

The story then settled down and was alright for a little while, we see the two of them get to know each other a little better and Percival comes to understand why she put him in this position. I was flying along really enjoying it and then he all of a sudden decides he loves her…like bam… crash - her red curly hair fascinates me so much…I LOVE HER!! He’s overcome with lust, she strips for him (WTH!!), he pulls out his ROD (I was shuddering even typing that word) and he get her off and she gets him off too. Seriously, she’s a virginal bluestocking, how the hell did she know to do that? So, they’re all in LOVE for like 3 hours (or something) and everything goes KAPUT!! Mis-communications, family interference lead them to part ways.

Months later, he admits he can’t live without her and comes back for a bit more rod fondling. If I never see the word rod used in that context again, I will be a happy woman.

Honestly, this story has great potential. The writing and editing was exceptional, the ideas interesting, but the flow and sexy times left me groaning. More good than bad and I will definitely try another of this authors work if she promises to never type the word rod in a sex scene… unless it’s a kinky book and used to describe a piece of equipment…not that type of equipment…the other type of equipment…you know what I mean…

I received a complimentary copy of How to Capture a Duke via the author for an honest review.
Filled with fast paced humor and romance, this book will keep you enchanted until the end. In the audible version, Rosalyn Landor did an amazing job bringing Rosalyn Blythe's characters to life! How to Capture a Duke is a well written and well narrated romance filled with twists, unexpected turns, and humor! I personally like the fact that there was no detailed explicit sex, that is not to say that some tastefully written sexual scenes are not present. I very much enjoyed listening to the audio version as I was occupied at the time with other things that didn't require my full attention. I'd highly recommend this book to any of my Recency Romance living friends. I listened straight through and didn't want to put it down.
This book was not true to the period. I prefer Regency romances that are culturally accurate. There was way too much admiring of each other's bodies, thoughts of sex, sex, mention of sodomites, etc. A properly brought up young lady, especially if she were as shy as the heroine was supposed to be, would never have been having those thoughts.

If you're going to write about the aristocracy and the ton, it should be in a way that reflects those times, not modern instalove and wanting to jump each other's bones. 99% of the characters' actions were so scandalous they would have been disowned by their families, nevermind the ton. Either that or you should state somewhere in your blurb that this is not the usual Regency.

In addition, the characters were very one-dimensional, the instalove was so instant that it was simply unbelievable and then each of them spent the rest of the book pining for the other. (Well, the hero especially was rather bipolar, hating her one second and thinking she's a whore and wanting to marry her the next.) I ended up skipping through quite a bit of it. Rather boring and poorly written to boot.