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A review by ipomoea
From Duke Till Dawn by Eva Leigh
5.0
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review by Edelweiss.
Leigh's historical romances consistently feature women making their own ways in a society that wants to limit them, and this is no exception. Alex, Duke of Greyland, spent a single night with a widow years ago, and his "Lost Queen" has haunted him since. When he finds her in a gaming hell, those inconvenient feelings rise up all over again.
Cassandra has been raised to survive, whether by theft as a child or by the con as an adult, and Alex was the mark she never forgot. When they come face to face in her greatest con yet, she's stunned. And when her secret is revealed to him, his disgust hurts more than anything. But when she's conned by her partner and mentor, she must turn to Alex for protection while she navigates London's underground, and Alex must learn to navigate his feelings for Cassandra.
The relationship between the two characters was multidimensional, and even if I wanted to smack Alex, Leigh also clearly showed how he was a product of his upbringing, and that once he got over himself, he was a good human being with a sense of honor and justice outside of his own title. Yet another title of hers I'll happily recommend to any patron who's looking for a good historical romance.
Leigh's historical romances consistently feature women making their own ways in a society that wants to limit them, and this is no exception. Alex, Duke of Greyland, spent a single night with a widow years ago, and his "Lost Queen" has haunted him since. When he finds her in a gaming hell, those inconvenient feelings rise up all over again.
Cassandra has been raised to survive, whether by theft as a child or by the con as an adult, and Alex was the mark she never forgot. When they come face to face in her greatest con yet, she's stunned. And when her secret is revealed to him, his disgust hurts more than anything. But when she's conned by her partner and mentor, she must turn to Alex for protection while she navigates London's underground, and Alex must learn to navigate his feelings for Cassandra.
The relationship between the two characters was multidimensional, and even if I wanted to smack Alex, Leigh also clearly showed how he was a product of his upbringing, and that once he got over himself, he was a good human being with a sense of honor and justice outside of his own title. Yet another title of hers I'll happily recommend to any patron who's looking for a good historical romance.