dangerous in diamonds by madeline hunter

He doesn’t need the money or the land, and the late Duke’s accompanying missive is cryptic to say the least, but while Castleford might spend six days out of every seven drinking and whoring, he does tend to his estates – on Tuesdays – and by all accounts has a very shrewd head for business and management. The story is pretty much a variant of your “jaded-rake-meets-woman-who-finally-interests-him” plot, but what marks it out as a bit different is the inclusion of the historical detail around the Peterloo Massacre in 1819, plus Daphne’s network of “sisters”, women who have been through similar experiences to herself at the hands of unscrupulous men.Īt the beginning of the story Tristan, the Duke of Castleford is surprised by the bequest of several plots of land he has received in the will of the Duke of Becksbridge, a distant relation. I haven’t read or listened to any of the other books in this series, but I picked this up in the recent Tantor Audio sale (gawd bless ‘em!) and was immediately hooked by the superb narration by Kate Reading. More troublesome is his interest in her past and her history, and the way he keeps poking his nose into the secrets behind the distant relative's bequest that gave him ownership of the property where she lives.

That he intends to have her, and soon, is actually the least of the dangers that his pursuit of her presents. Instead her beauty, grace and formidable composure captivate him, and she becomes one of those fascinations to him. When Daphne Joyes rejects this notorious hedonist's seduction, she assumes that he will forget about her and continue on his path to hell. When something piques his interest, however, he has been known to emerge from his ennui and employ his considerable mental faculties to finding answers to the questions that fascinate him. To alleviate the boredom of his privileged life, he occupies himself with drinking and whoring, not to mention the occasional duel. The Duke of Castleford has been so bad for so long that scandal can't be bothered to rise up around him anymore.

Dangerous in diamonds by madeline hunter