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I've read that dukes were the rock stars of the 1800s. The three dukes in this first of Loretta Chase's new series certainly seem to fit that image.

The three live in a drunken haze, brawling with anyone they meet and carousing with widows and married women--which leads to frequent duels. They are immature and arrogant, thriving on elaborate practical jokes which cause discomfort, embarrassment and inconvenience for others.

When bored, the trio goes to an inn in the suburbs where they regularly tear up the place. Unlike the escapades of later rock stars, no guitars are smashed, but everything else is. The landlord allows this behavior because the dukes are fabulously wealthy and pay for their damage. These are heroes? No, these are spoiled little boys who met at Eton as children and refuse to grow up as they turn 30.

Chase's great dialogue carries the weight of the book while one of the dukes falls in love with another's fiancee. It isn't enough.

Readers are asked to believe that Ripley and Olympia don't fall in love in a day or two, but fell in love seven years ago when they first met and just realized their love after seeing each other across crowded ballrooms over the years. I chewed and chewed on that but couldn't swallow it.

Perhaps I could not really enjoy this book because I have loved so many of Chase's books and felt this one didn't measure up. Those new to her work may find more to like in this book. The many real-life instances recently of rich and powerful men feeling entitled to massive disrespect of others may have colored my thinking, too.


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A Duke in Shining Armor Difficult Dukes Loretta Chase 9780062457387 Books Reviews

Anytime Loretta Chase has a new book, it will join my collection. I noticed this book has many five starred reviews, but for me it was a 3 star type of read. This is due mostly to the fact that for the first one-third to one-half of the book, the storyline was a bit too slapstickish for my personal taste. The manner in which Olympia escapes along with the ensuing activity didn't appeal to me.

The three dukes - all "badly behaved" characters known as the "Dis-Graces" did seem to have good hearts in many respects. Once Olympia becomes sober, she is much more likeable. I look forward to what I suppose will be the next book in the series. It appears that Chase set up Blackwood's and Alice's unusual marital situation as a lead-in for the next book.
This was a great piece of entertainment, the thing is I never could see how they were going to resolve an impossible situation. The banter was priceless and the story engaging, I did scan maybe a dozen pages at one point because I wanted so badly to see what was going to happen, that was not enough to subtract a star from this wonderful and humorous story.

Olympia is not a shrinking violet and some of the situations were hilarious, this would make sure a great Rom/Com )

The sex was just enough and not slightly more than "closed door" but far from erotic (which I think I prefer in most stories) and since I read it almost non-stop it must have held my attention so 5 Stars for a day of great entertainment and laugh out loud moments.
I didn't like the characters, the plot was ridiculous...really ridiculous, inane. Hard to believe Loretta Chase wrote this, any hack could have produced it.

Over the years, I've come to expect Chase's novels to portray well-drawn characters, at least ONE sympathetic character, a strong, linear plot, witty dialogue, lovely writing. I had to scrap those notions with this effort.

These dukes aren't difficult...they're spoiled-rotten teenagers with the brain cells of gnats.
If there's one HR author I count on to give me a reliably good read, it's Loretta Chase. Well, there's also Meredith Duran, Cecilia Grant (where in the world is she anyway?), Jayne Fresina, Sherry Thomas, and possibly Courtney Milan, but we're talking Chase right now, author of LORD OF SCOUNDRELS, THE HELLION, and many more HRs that I find immensely re-readable.

So, anyway, this new book is first in a series about three badly-behaved young and handsome, rather libertine dukes, known as Their Dis-Graces. In their late 20s, they behave so immaturely that they are not welcome at most social events in the Upper Ten Thousand. Just from the get-go I yawn at this premise. How many times has this been done to death already? And, of course, they all have Daddy Issues, it is hinted at, which have caused them to be the way they are, so we are not required to blame them for their behavior. They womanize, drink too much, get into brawls over nothing, and even have dueling down to a science since they fight so many. Yawn again.

Hugh Ancaster, Duke of Ripley, is recently back from abroad to attend the wedding of good friend and fellow Dis-Grace, Lucius Beckingham, Duke of Ashmont, to Lady Olympia Hightower. Olympia, voted seven times running as Most Boring Girl of the Season, is a failure on the Marriage Mart, and has been pressured by her family to accept Ashmont's unexpected, almost out-of-the-blue marriage proposal. The Hightower family has too many children and not enough money, thanks to a father who has been financially careless, and the influx of ducal funds would be most welcome.

It's not very clear why Ashmont wants to marry Olympia, other than that she is "kind" and not unattractive, in spite of her spectacles, and, unfortunately, he is vague enough in his attentions to her and so often inebriated that, on the day of the wedding, she finds herself in emotional turmoil and inebriated herself. So off she goes escaping out the window before the ceremony is to begin.

Ripley, Ashmont's best man who's in charge of making sure things go smoothly on this day, sets out after her to bring her back, but what ensues is what you'd expect. Some funny "road-trippy" stuff, witty banter, sexual attraction, and the inevitable fall into love.

This is a cute story and it has some really lovely romantic moments once the couple have established that they are in love. I was convinced that it was True Love by the end of the story and there were some warm and fuzzy moments to enjoy, mostly to be found at 75% onward. What failed to convince me was the actual "why" they fell in love. That felt contrived and seemed to happen just because they were in each other's company. It was tiring to read about the state of Ripley's "breeding organs" when in Olympia's vicinity. I'm not 16 anymore. I like a bit more substance to my romances.

Oh, well. I guess cute is okay, but this isn't one of Chase's best stories. Here's hoping for better stories for the two remaining Dis-Graces. I'm especially hopeful for the story of Blackwood and his wife Alice, Ripley's sister. Their marriage doesn't appear to be running smoothly in this book and we must have an HEA for them down the road.
I've read that dukes were the rock stars of the 1800s. The three dukes in this first of Loretta Chase's new series certainly seem to fit that image.

The three live in a drunken haze, brawling with anyone they meet and carousing with widows and married women--which leads to frequent duels. They are immature and arrogant, thriving on elaborate practical jokes which cause discomfort, embarrassment and inconvenience for others.

When bored, the trio goes to an inn in the suburbs where they regularly tear up the place. Unlike the escapades of later rock stars, no guitars are smashed, but everything else is. The landlord allows this behavior because the dukes are fabulously wealthy and pay for their damage. These are heroes? No, these are spoiled little boys who met at Eton as children and refuse to grow up as they turn 30.

Chase's great dialogue carries the weight of the book while one of the dukes falls in love with another's fiancee. It isn't enough.

Readers are asked to believe that Ripley and Olympia don't fall in love in a day or two, but fell in love seven years ago when they first met and just realized their love after seeing each other across crowded ballrooms over the years. I chewed and chewed on that but couldn't swallow it.

Perhaps I could not really enjoy this book because I have loved so many of Chase's books and felt this one didn't measure up. Those new to her work may find more to like in this book. The many real-life instances recently of rich and powerful men feeling entitled to massive disrespect of others may have colored my thinking, too.