This is the first in a new series The Duke’s Daughters by Ms Frampton, and focuses on Lady Eleanor Howlett who is the eldest of the family. One of her sisters has disgraced the family’s good name and image by running off with the dance instructor (how gauche!) and it’s now up to Eleanor to make a good marriage and restore the family to the good graces of the ton. Her parents have arranged a match with Lord Carson, a perfectly acceptable man with a […]
How to Train Your Duchess
While waiting for the next C.S. Harris book, I returned to historical romance for a change of pace – and boy, was it ever at the opposite end of the spectrum. This book is so light and frothy and fairytaleish, I was rolling my eyes more often than not while reading. The premise is a take on ‘My Fair Lady’, but sometimes it stretches the limits of belief. I know I’ve read one of Ms Frampton’s before, and thought it was okay, but this one […]