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The Duke Trap (Determined Debutantes Book 3) by [Bianca Blythe]

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One determined debutante. One despised duke. One brilliant plan.

Leonora Holt never expected that her two younger sisters would find love before her. Lately she’s grown disconcertingly accustomed to her brother’s sighs and hints that she needs to marry. How can she find anyone when one dreadful man, the Duke of Dartmouth, is intent on reminding all the ton of her mother’s scandal?

Sebastian, the Duke of Dartmouth, knows he should probably forget how the Holt family destroyed the last years of his father’s life. At one point, he even considered Leonora Holt his best friend. Of course, that had been when he was ten, and he’s achieved far more wisdom since then. He’s also gained a secret, but that’s something he has no intention of ever revealing.

Leonora is determined to trap Sebastian. If his reputation is maligned, perhaps he will halt disparaging her family.

Fortunately, she has the perfect plan, one that absolutely does not involve falling in love with the duke herself.

Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.

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One determined debutante. One despised Duke. One brilliant plan.

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Born in Texas, Bianca Blythe spent four years in England. She worked in a fifteenth-century castle, though sadly that didn't actually involve spotting dukes and earls strutting about in Hessians.She credits British weather for forcing her into a library, where she discovered her first Julia Quinn novel. She remains deeply grateful for blustery downpours.After meeting her husband in another library, she moved with him to sunny California, though on occasion she still dreams of the English seaside, scones with clotted cream, and sheep-filled pastures. For now, she visits them in her books. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09XJHD8R4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.; 1st edition (May 11, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 11, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4036 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0B146PQ6H

Best Sellers Rank: #233,796 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #543 in Tudor Historical Romance
- #3,287 in Victorian Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
- #3,984 in Victorian Historical Romance (Books)

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USA TODAY Bestselling Author Bianca Blythe writes fun and frothy happily ever afters for the wallflowers and spinsters, dukes and rogues, who fill her regency romances. Born in Texas, Bianca spent four years in England. She worked in a fifteenth-century castle, though sadly that didn't actually involve spotting dukes and earls strutting about in Hessians.

She credits British weather for forcing her into a library, where she discovered her first Julia Quinn novel. She remains deeply grateful for blustery downpours.

After meeting her husband in another library, she moved with him to sunny California, though on occasion she still dreams of the English seaside, scones with clotted cream, and sheep-filled pastures. For now, she visits them in her books.

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Lori Dykes

Simply Delightful!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2022

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Sometimes the best laid plans backfire and in this somewhat enemies to lovers, there is no telling what will happen!

Lenora and Sebastian had been best friends as children. But all that changed when Sebastian thought the Holt family made his father's life terrible until his death. He wants revenge and tries to malign their family.

Lenora is determined to stop him and in any way she can. Possibly trap him into marriage or at least make him stop his diatribe?

A fun story that finds the two maybe more attracted than they think!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 11, 2022

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Leonora Holt and Sebastian, the Duke of Dartmouth, grew up together and were close friends, until something happened between their fathers. Lenora did not know what happened, only Sebastien became her enemy. Embarrassing each other became their game, but when Sebastian invites her family to a house party, the impulse of kissing each other becomes an addiction. Suddenly they cannot keep their hands off each other. Lenora still thinks of revenge, until Sebastian's confession and her mother's wise words change her mind. A novella with a lot of heat!
Heat level 4. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Shirley

wonderful story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 13, 2022

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Loved all 3 of your books. Couldn’t put them down. Thank you. Going to check out other books you have written.

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Dewsterling

not getting to know you, knowing nothing about you

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 21, 2022

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I am tempted to give this book a 5-star review because it is so spectacularly terrible. It reads like the author availed themselves of a thesaurus to randomly replace words with synonyms that render the sentences absurd. Her legs jerked toward the chair. His breath harried away from him.

Some random guy meets the fmc and proposes to her 10 minutes later, then is devastated and humiliated that she says no. He literally spent more time in his carriage to get to the location of the house than he did speaking to the woman he proposed to marry. He spent more time eating dinner than getting to know his prospective wife. The mmc is upset that some other guy likes the fmc, who he also doesn’t bother to speak to.

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Fun read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2022

This is a fun, entertaining read! Leonora and Sebastian (great names!) are neighbors and former childhood friends. Leonora's father tricked Sebastian's out of some profitable land, and that was the end of that friendship. Since then, they've disliked each other. Sebastian's friend marries Leonora's sister, and he gives a gift that he thinks is a prank in the lens of his friend's view, but Leonora's sisters take it as a huge offense. Leonora wants revenge, and hijinks ensue.
There is not a ton of time spent on Sebastian and Leonora's enmity, but maybe it was because I was into the story and reading fast. I liked the dialogue (albeit not fully Regency-true), and I really liked Sebastian's tender, sensitive soul. I loved how they both loved music! I also really enjoyed Leonora's easy-breezy mother.
This book has some of my favorite tropes: enemies to lovers; childhood friends find love; house parties (although I wish it was at someone else's house); and an inn stay. This is a charming book, and I enjoyed it quite a bit!
I have not read the first two books in the series, and I don't think it is totally necessary to but I probably would have understood a couple of things that the characters talk about better. Not reading the other book in the series is not a hamper to the story!
I received The Duke Trap as an ARC from Netgalley & Dragonblade and this review is my own opinion.

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Anne R. Marshall

A good story at its core, but it needed work so be as good as it should have been.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 16, 2022

The Duke Trap by Bianca Blythe is a Regency romance that we've seem from a mile away. Three young women, who are wards of their brother. Their father is dead and their mother is not in a position to care for them. Only embarrass them. By posing nude for her gentleman friend, who then is more than willing to distribute the paintings. Leonora Holt is one of these young ladies and is determined that the man who has seen fit to be certain all of the ton has seen these paintings will pay. Sebastian, the Duke of Dartmouth, is making the family pay for perceived misdeeds by their father by making sure the family is ruined by these paintings. A huge lack of communication on the part of many. Of course, it all leads to grief.

This is essentially a good trope, but I feel like the writing is choppy and jumps from action to action with little or no finesse. There were some really good things happening in the story, but they got lost. I think it could have done with another edit.

I was invited to read a free e-ARC of The Duke Trap by Dragonblade, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #netgalley #dragonblade #biancablythe #theduketrap

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C. Clark

Friends to Enemies to Lovers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2022

Book 3 in the Determined Debutantes Series is about the oldest Holt daughter, Lenora. Lenora and Sebastian, the Duke of Dartmouth grew up playing together until they were about 10 when Lenora's father tricked Sebastian's father out of some prime farmland. The stress of losing the farmland contributed to the death of Sebastian's father. Sebastian holds Lenora's family responsible and seeks revenge.
Can childhood friends that became enemies become lovers?
I have read the first two books in the series as well, and can highly recommend them. Each book can be read independently, but the characters do overlap. I will admit that I am finding Lenora's mother a very interesting character, and I would love to read her story.
I received an advance copy through Dragonblade Publishing and NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine.

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The Duke She Despised

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2022

She has the perfect plan for revenge, but how many times have perfect plans gone awry? Leonora and Sebastian were friends once, but the adults in their lives destroyed a wonderful friendship, and they are still paying the price. Sebastian, with his childish and embarrassing pranks is pushing Leonora to seek revenge. Is it possible to salvage what they once had? It might take a miracle. They both cause hurt to one another, and there must be forgiveness on both sides. Can the two enemies become friends once again? It might take a miracle. It might take losing their hearts for healing to happen. I enjoyed this delightful story and would recommend it to those who like enemies to lovers, historical romance with determined debutantes and stubborn dukes in need of redemption.

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A wonderful story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 16, 2022

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This is a wonderfully crafted story, that does get a bit spicy at times towards the end. All the characters in this amazing series are brilliant, and have their own set of unusual circumstances to overcome before achieving their goals and desires. This is another engaging story that is a great addition to the series.

Maggie Scammell

One of the best.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 13, 2022

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The author has captured the era and the flavour of Regency England. She has kept it language appropriate without modern slang creeping in. It makes for a good read! Thank you!

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Highly recommended

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 12, 2022

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Each book has been wonderf.ul
The author is very talented. It is nice
When the story includes. Strong women characters.

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