Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause.
In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. Dunmore professionally pens a powerfully poignant plot filled with passion! Kudos on a killer story! BRINGING DOWN THE DUKE is enchanting and deeply moving.A stunning debut for author Evie Dunmore and her Oxford Rebels, in which a fiercely independent vicar's daughter takes on a powerful duke in a love story that threatens to upend the British social order.Įngland, 1879. Never have I read about such achingly passionate lovers, which left me totally breathless! Ms. They are perfect for one another, but they have a tough time convincing themselves of that.
Sebastian and Annabelle meet and fall in love. If she can win Sebastian over to take up her stance, it will be a triumph! I absolutely loved Annabelle’s friends and their stalwart protectiveness of her. Annabelle and her lady friends fight valiantly for their rights. The story is set against the British suffrage movement. It drips in historical richness and is steeped in British manners. Can she persuade a powerful duke to help her cause? Does Sebastian dazzle and woo Annabelle enough to win her heart?īRINGING DOWN THE DUKE is brilliant in every way, romantic, suspenseful, comical, and richly detailed. So, it would never work or would it?Īnnabelle is falling for the fine-looking duke, confound it all! That is not in her plans. Plus, they are from vastly separate stations in life. Wait, what? Uh oh, Sebastian has already gone down that road and is divorced. She is everything he loves and needs in a wife. Sebastian’s facade melts a little, just enough that he is enticed by the infuriating, incredibly lovely lady. Sparring verbally never turned him on until he meets Annabelle, an ethical, exquisite woman with a heart of gold. Sparks fly, literally and physically, between them. Annabelle sweet talks him into championing the women’s movement. He meets his match when he meets Annabelle.
Sophisticated, striking and steely-reserved, Sebastian Devereux, Duke of Montgomery, is a top-notch strategist. Can she thaw the likes of a cold, calculating duke? She boldly targets Britain’s most prominent man, the Duke of Montgomery. She helps recruit men of means, with her lady friends at the university, to influence the rising women’s suffrage movement.
The League of Extraordinary Women series stars a gorgeous girl, Annabelle Archer who is a brilliant bluestocking and is granted a scholarship to the esteemed Oxford University. BRINGING DOWN THE DUKE is a sparkling debut filled with fierce fireworks, palpable passion, and a perfect plot.
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