No Good Duke Goes Unpunished: The Third Rule of Scoundrels Author: Sarah MacLean | Language: English | ISBN:
B00BEFPSMA | Format: EPUB
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished: The Third Rule of Scoundrels Description
A rogue ruined . . .
He is the Killer Duke, accused of murdering Mara Lowe on the eve of her wedding. With no memory of that fateful night, Temple has reigned over the darkest of London’s corners for twelve years, wealthy and powerful, but beyond redemption. Until one night, Mara resurfaces, offering the one thing he’s dreamed of . . . absolution.
A lady returned . . .
Mara planned never to return to the world from which she’d run, but when her brother falls deep into debt at Temple’s exclusive casino, she has no choice but to offer Temple a trade that ends in her returning to society and proving to the world what only she knows...that he is no killer.
A scandal revealed . . .
It’s a fine trade, until Temple realizes that the lady—and her past—are more than they seem. It will take every bit of his strength to resist the pull of this mysterious, maddening woman who seems willing to risk everything for honor . . . and to keep from putting himself on the line for love.
- File Size: 2382 KB
- Print Length: 405 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0062068547
- Publisher: Avon (November 26, 2013)
- Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00BEFPSMA
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,698 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
The people in this book are idiots. It has some good moments, but the premise is as follows, and it has many, many problems:
12 years ago, the heroine was being forced into marriage with an old duke. She decided to bail on the wedding and did so by finding some random young blood out in the garden and flirting with him so he would take her to bed. Also, she drugged him. She meant to leave a little blood on the sheets to imply that the fellow had absconded with her virginity, and I think there was also some part of the plan where the fellow she had drugged and abandoned was also supposed to have left, so it would look like they had eloped together. (I was unsure. It was a really terrible plan, so the particulars were hard to tease out.)
Anyway. The guy she drugged was actually her husband-to-be's son and heir, and she used TOO MUCH pig blood and so, in spite of there not being a body or any other evidence, naturally everyone assumed that he had murdered her.
(Guys, guys. What?)
So now it's a dozen years later, and the young man has now inherited the dukedom (he is "The Killer Duke", because people of this era are apparently ultra gullible and not like "So... I mean, is there a body, or...?") but because people are mean to him because of how he may have murdered someone, he lives a lonely life as a partner in a gambling club, where he (tiny lol) has boxing matches with people when they've lost a lot of money. Or something.
Anyway. He is very sad and broken and he has changed his name to Temple. But then Mara comes back into his life. She isn't dead! Instead, she runs an orphanage for the by-blows of aristocrats, and also her brother is an idiot who lost all her money... to Temple's gaming club.
That's basically the plot.
My god. My. God. What is Sarah MacLean doing to me? I simply cannot function when I'm reading one of her books in the Rules of Scoundrels series, because I become obsessed with the characters, the romance, the story-everything-while reading. I adore this series. I am completely, 100%, over-the-moon in love with this series. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover and No Good Duke Goes Unpunished are absolute gems (A Rogue by Any Other Name was pretty great too). I don't know how Sarah MacLean does it, but the owners of The Fallen Angel are to. die. for. And Temple... He makes me swoon so friggin' hard. And yep, I have another book boyfriend to add to my already long list.
I can't even begin to do this book justice. It's just... too amazing. The story blew me away, the romance was the divine, and I fell so hard for the characters. I honestly had no idea I would love historical romances as much as I love this series. No Good Duke just cemented my love of the genre. Sarah MacLean is a genius! I don't know how you do it Sarah, but DON'T EVER STOP!
Okay, okay. So if you've read the previous two books in the series (and if you haven't, get right to it now!) and loved them just like me, you were crazed to read Temple's book. It's the Killer Duke's book! And have you read that synopsis? Like, hot damn. I knew Sarah MacLean would give us another incredible, heart-wrenching romance, and yes, she delivers! Quite perfectly, if you ask me.
To be honest, I wasn't sure Sarah could top One Good Earl (book 2). I loved loved loved Cross so damn much that I didn't think that any of the other characters in their group of four could beat him. And while I can't say Temple is better, I can say that Temple is absolutely on par with Cross. If you make me choose between them, I won't be able to!
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