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A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

December 12, 2023 by Malin 5 Comments

4.5 stars For most of her life, Viola Carroll was forced to live a lie. Then she went off to the Napoleonic wars, with her best friend and constant companion Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood, and because of a horrible accident where she was presumed dead by everyone who knew her, she decided to just let most people assume her former self was indeed dead (so her title and estates could pass to her brother), making it possible for her to finally live […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, CBR15, historical romance, LGBTQIA, Malin, ptsd, Regency

Malin's CBR15 Review No:69 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, CBR15, historical romance, LGBTQIA, Malin, ptsd, Regency ·
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Extremely yes, very swoon.

A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall

November 2, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

“I cannot meet him as a stranger. But he has never known me as myself.” I loved this so much I wish I could just drop everything I’m doing right now, including writing this review, and read it again. I honestly haven’t stopped thinking about it since July, and it is now November. I would need to re-read anyway to write a review that does it justice, with like, quotes and shit. As of right now, I’m thinking this review is just going to be […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, historical romance, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, narfna, queer romance, Romance, trans character

narfna's CBR14 Review No:173 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, historical romance, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, narfna, queer romance, Romance, trans character ·
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