Mary Lancaster – Cannonball Read 17

Matters of Inheritance and Love on the Brink of Waterloo

Deserted by Mary Lancaster

Beloved by Mary Lancaster

May 12, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Deserted – 4 stars Sophia thinks she’s escaped the clutches of her tyrannical cousins when she comes to be companion to the Duchess of Cuttyngham, even if it’s under strange circumstances. But when her employer makes her escape to Brussels and her family pursues her to her new home, Sophia is forced to turn to the icy but beguiling Earl of Frostbrook for help. This is the third book in The Duel series, which follows the fallout of the Duke of Cuttyngham’s death in a […]

An Escaped Eccentric (ft. Two Lovers)

Captured by Mary Lancaster

February 10, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Freed from her constrained life by the death of her autocratic father, Hera decides to take up a companion position where no one knows her. But as her assignment turns increasingly sinister, she turns to Justin, the doctor who attended her father before he died, for help. This is the second book in Mary Lancaster’s The Duel series, which follows the aftermath of a duel in which an army officer kills the cold-hearted Duke of Cuttyngham. Hera is the duke’s daughter, and Justin the friend […]

The Duelist and the Duke’s Wife

Entangled by Mary Lancaster

August 3, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 15 Bingo: Take Flight – We first encounter Rosamund as she is making her escape from her claustrophobic life, and throughout the rest of the book she finds her wings. When Rosamund and Giles encounter each other on the road, she doesn’t know that he has just killed the Duke of Cuttyngham in a duel, and he doesn’t know that she is the Duchess. But by the time they find out, it’s too late – they’re already in love. I really enjoy Mary Lancaster’s books […]

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