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A review by torilovesheas
The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden
4.0
I keep finding new to me historicals with a marriage of convenience plot and I’m not mad about it. This is my first Elisa Braden novel. It was recommended on TikTok and I decided to give it a shot. I am so glad I did because I’m obsessed.
Harrison, the Duke of Blackmore, is trying to clean up his younger brothers mess by marrying Lady Jane, the girl his brother almost ruined. What ensues is a Duke afraid of loving someone and a Duchess convinced no one could love a plain wallflower.
This whole scenario is one of my favorite set ups in historical romances. Looking at you Devil In Winter, aka my favorite HisRo of all time. Harrison is afraid to love his wife, but his feelings for her are so evident from almost the beginning of their marriage. His urge to protect her from his “passions”is so damn funny. Like my guy. She wants you to ravish her. Quit being noble, dummy. I LOVED that Jane takes the initiative to seduce her husband and make him lose his restraint with her.
This has one of my favorite scenes/ quotes in a historical ever. When Jane is intent on leaving and Harrison begs her to stay and calls her “my Jane”???? Oh god. Swoon city.
I’m so glad this came across my TikTok FYP and that I took a jump and read it. I love Elisa Braden and can’t wait to read the rest of the series. Especially Chatham and Charlotte’s book and Lord Dunston and Maureen’s.
Harrison, the Duke of Blackmore, is trying to clean up his younger brothers mess by marrying Lady Jane, the girl his brother almost ruined. What ensues is a Duke afraid of loving someone and a Duchess convinced no one could love a plain wallflower.
This whole scenario is one of my favorite set ups in historical romances. Looking at you Devil In Winter, aka my favorite HisRo of all time. Harrison is afraid to love his wife, but his feelings for her are so evident from almost the beginning of their marriage. His urge to protect her from his “passions”is so damn funny. Like my guy. She wants you to ravish her. Quit being noble, dummy. I LOVED that Jane takes the initiative to seduce her husband and make him lose his restraint with her.
This has one of my favorite scenes/ quotes in a historical ever. When Jane is intent on leaving and Harrison begs her to stay and calls her “my Jane”???? Oh god. Swoon city.
I’m so glad this came across my TikTok FYP and that I took a jump and read it. I love Elisa Braden and can’t wait to read the rest of the series. Especially Chatham and Charlotte’s book and Lord Dunston and Maureen’s.