How to Catch a Duke – Grace Burrowes Free Audiobook

Written by Grace Burrowes
Read by James Langton
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Rogues to Riches Series, Book 6
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Release date: April 13, 2021
Duration: 09:24:40

“I have come to ask you to kill me, my lord.”

Miss Abigail Abbott desperately needs to disappear — permanently — and the only person she trusts to help her do that is Lord Stephen Wentworth, heir to the Duke of Walden. Stephen is brilliant, charming, and — when he needs to be — absolutely ruthless. So ruthless that he proposes marriage instead of “murder” to keep Abigail safe.

Stephen was smitten the instant his sister introduced him to Abigail, a woman with the dignity and determination of a duchess and the courage of a lioness. When she accepts his courtship of convenience, he also discovers she kisses like his most intimate wish come true. For Abigail, their arrangement is a sham to escape her dangerous enemies. For Stephen, it’s his one chance to share a lifetime with the lady of his dreams — if only he can convince her his love is real.

Kirkus March 1, 2021
A woman inquiry agent seeks assistance from a ducal heir and winds up falling in love. Formidable and imposing Abigail Abbott is in danger after a marquess requested she hand over some letters and she refused. She turns to clever Lord Stephen Wentworth, heir to the Duke of Walden, requesting he help fake her death so she can escape harm’s way. …. This installment in the Rogues to Riches series features familiar faces and Burrowes’ superb writing. Despite Abigail’s circumstances, the story has little conflict until some late twists amp up the drama. The pace is mostly unhurried, sometimes overly so. Abigail and Stephen genuinely like each other throughout the book, so the romance itself feels quite low stakes, even with their differences in station and morals–Abigail is an anti-violence lapsed Quaker while Stephen designs guns. Stephen uses canes to walk due to an injury in his youth, and this disability is deftly handled. Additionally, his candor regarding past trysts, with both women and men, is refreshing. Secrets and mysteries add some intrigue, but it’s the strength of the adept and captivating leads that carries the story. Slow yet satisfying.