The Winter Duchess (A Duchess for All Seasons #1)

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Their wedding was the event of the season A shy wallflower, Caroline hasn t the faintest idea why the Duke of Readington chose her to be his bride She could ask, but that would mean speaking to him and truth be told she d rather have a conversation with the devil Her new husband may be one of the most powerful men in all of England not to mention the handsomest but he s also cruel, callous, and has a heart colder than ice.But it was never meant to be a love match Eric married Caroline for one simple reason he wasn t in love with her Having seen firsthand how love can bring a man to his knees, he s determined not to make the same mistakes his father did Which is why he s going to spend just enough time with his new bride to assure himself of an heir before he leaves her and returns to London At least that was the plan until a winter storm leaves them stranded Now every time Eric turns around he finds himself stumbling over the wife he never wanted but is slowly beginning to desire.or was it As cold winds howl outside the manor, inside of it a duke s heart is finally starting to melt as he finds himself falling for the one woman he was never supposed to love but can she love him in return Download The Winter Duchess (A Duchess for All Seasons #1) Author Jillian Eaton – kino-fada.fr This scraped to a 3 star Loved the cover although I don t think anyone wore gowns like this until the 1930 s.Sweet, almost fantasy fairy tale of a sweet and want to be feisty heroine and the shutdown arrogant Duke of Jackass that her overbearing mother made her marry The h wants love the Duke wants an heir and to find a new mistress He doesn t, of course, but he thinks about it a lot cause that s what Peers do Ivy did the definitive review and touches on how his besotted father married to This scraped to a 3 star Loved the cover although I don t think anyone wore gowns like this until the 193...My first thought about the H is that he s a handsome version of Scrooge meets the Beast He doesn t look like a beast but he certainly acts like one Eric, the Duke Readington, is callous, cold, cynical, arrogant, entitled, rude and a donkey douchebag for most of the novel Eric is emotionally stunted because he hates his slutty mother and despises his dead father for being a weak failure Eric s mother had been a gold digging skank who cheated on his father all the time while ignoring her mater My first thought about the H is that he s a handsome version of Scrooge meets the Beast He doesn t look like a beast but he certainly acts like one Eric, the Duke Readington, is callous, cold, cynical, arrogant, entitled, rude and a donkey douchebag for most of the novel Eric is emotionally stunted because he hates his slutty mother and despises his dead father for being a weak failure Eric s mother had been a ...The hero was a little too mean for me in this one I like distant, intense heroes in a marriage of convenience, but I felt like he didn t come around until the thought of sex was involved.Nice little storyLoved thisGreat story about a very horrible man that is saved by love I loved the h and she just made me smile The duke however was mean and ride and I hated him for 50% at least of the book I did not think the author would pull this off but she did It was a rat...I really enjoyed reading The Winter Duchess I just wished it was longer and had an epilog or something to make it feel complete.The 6th Duke of Readington, Eric Charles Edmond Hargraves, age 29, powerful and filthy rich decides its time to marry He wants a meek, gentle wife who he can get his heir on and leave in the country He doesn t want love but love is what he will find Eric parents were a very unhappy married couple Arguing all the time and his mother cheated on his father The father I really enjoyed reading The Winter Duchess I just wished it was longer and had an epilog or something to make it feel complete.The 6th Duke of Readington, Eric Charles Edmond Hargraves, age 29, powerful and filthy rich decides its time to marry He wants a meek, gentle wife who he can get his heir on and leave in the country He doesn t want love but love is what he will find Eric parents were a very unhappy married couple Arguing all the time and his mother cheated on his father The father became a drunk and both parents neglected there son Eric never experienced love therefore he didn t know how to give it He was one cold hearted mean husband at first....4 StarsI found this book in a very unconventional way But, as soon as I read the blurb I knew I wanted to pick this one up The Indie writer Julian Eaton has lot s of potential and i would love to readof her work Eric and...Not bad but it lacked romance, which was incredibly disappointing I also wasn t a huge fan of the hero.Utter twaddle Sorry, but I like my historical fiction to have at least a semblance of accuracy which this does not even attempt Even when she apologises for putting wolves in the story she gets it wrong, the last wolf in England was said to be killed in the 14th century and this is supposed to be set in England Even Caroline s name changes from Danvers to Wentworth half way through Speaking of Caroline she is supposed to be an Earls daughter which means that she would never have even consider Utter twaddle Sorry, but I like my historical fiction to have at least a semblance of accuracy which this does not even attempt Even when she apologises for putting wolves in the story she gets it wrong, the last wolf in England was said to be killed in the 14th century and this is supposed to be set in England Even Caroline s name changes from Danvers to Wentworth half way through Speaking of Caroline she is supposed to be an Earls daughter which means that she would never have even considered asking a servant to call her...Nice little read for inbetween The hero is a mean dolt in the beginning and I would have liked to see a bitof him after his character develops into Eric.The heroine s development was astounding From a meek and shy girl to a sassy heroine who doesn t...

The Winter Duchess (A Duchess for All Seasons #1)
  • English
  • 14 June 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 181 pages
  • Jillian Eaton
  • The Winter Duchess (A Duchess for All Seasons #1)