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Project Duchess by Sabrina Jeffries

5.0

Wow! What a way to start a series! Project Duchess is the first book in the Duke Dynasty series and has set the bar very high! The Duke of “Grey” Greycourt’s mother has married three dukes and has had children with each. The family connections were a little confusing, but the author put a family tree in the front of book that made it very easy to figure out. Grey is the oldest child of the family and when his stepfather dies, he returns to his family. He has distanced himself from his family because he was hurt when his mother and stepfather sent him to England with his uncle when he was a child. The time he spent in his aunt and uncles house were not the happiest and he didn’t understand why his family had sent him to live with his uncle. His youngest brother, the Duke of Armitage, suspects that his father was murdered and ask Grey to stay and help him investigate. Beatrice Wolf is the Duke of Armitage’s cousin and is helping organize the funeral. Both dukes suspect Beatrice and her brother Joshua of murder. Beatrice is sassy, bold and an independent woman and is not afraid to say what she thinks of Grey. The Duchess of Armitage is helping Beatrice to prepare for a London Season and Grey gets “recruited” to help with the duchess’s “project.” As Grey and Beatrice spend more time together, they realize that they have a lot of things in common. Will Grey be able to prove Beatrice and Joshua’s innocence? Was Grey’s stepfather murdered? The suspense of the story made it so hard to stop reading in the middle of the book. There was so much drama, family bantering, wit, suspense and romance in the book it kept my attention throughout. The book leads the reader into the next book in the series and I can’t wait to read it! I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.