Captured Countess by Ann Lethbridge6/3/2023 ![]() Back to Minette, she learns that the bad guy from the previous book may be back to once again use her to strike at her sister and her new husband. Incidentally, you may not want to read this book if you hadn’t read that book, as the plot in this one takes off from where the previous book left off. Minette Rideau is the sister of the heroine of Captured Countess. Naturally, he is secretly all blue and bogged down with angst, because all this spy stuff is going to make him look like a raging slut-scum lord and, thus, the author needs to make him mope a lot in order to make Freddy “likable”. Oh, and Freddy’s also a spy, and he’s plying the hos, conducting orgies, and taking people’s money because he’s actually spying for the good of the land. A Duke running the gambling den and brothel in town. The Duke’s Daring Debutante demonstrates that Ann Lethbridge knows all these tropes well by heart, but the way she mixes them all together here is best described, kindly, as “unintentional comedy”.įrederick, the Duke of Falconwood, is known to most people in the Ton as the owner and manager of The Fools’ Paradise, the most infamous gambling den and brothel in St Giles. Romance clichés, sorry, tropes have their place in this world, sure, but the key is putting them all together in a manner that makes sense. The Duke’s Daring Debutante by Ann Lethbridge ![]()
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