Deceiving The Duke

Leighann Dobbs · Harmony Williams

Aug 2016 · Scandals and Spies Book 2 · Leighann Dobbs

About this ebook

Well-mannered women don't have careers in 1806 so Philomena St. Gobain disguises herself as a man to attend the Society for the Advancement of Science meetings where she sells her inventions to a select, chosen few. The handsome Duke of Tenwick is not one of those chosen few, so when he corners Phil in the hallway during a clandestine meeting with one of her suppliers, she slips away as quickly as she can. Since she and the Duke have never been introduced and rarely travel in the same circles, Phil is hardly worried about him guessing her true identity ... until he shows up two days later at the ball she is holding with the missing piece from one of her most coveted inventions in his hand.

Morgan Graylocke, the tenth Duke of Tenwick, takes the spy business seriously. Normally relegated to desk work, his brother's recent marriage has given him an opportunity to work in the field. He never imagined his first assignment would throw him in the path of someone as beautiful and intriguing as Philomena St. Gobain. But his delight soon turns to trepidation as he realizes it may not be a coincidence that Phil shows up at all the same locations where Morgan is sent to catch the traitor who is passing off information to the French. Is it possible the woman he is falling for is the very spy he is looking to capture?

Ratings and reviews

4.5. Better than I expected I read ALOT! I also read according to my mood .... sometimes I'm up for something intensely emotional, other times I appreciate the tension /complexity of action books and 'who done its'. Sometimes I read for information... frequently I read simply to reduce stress - for relaxation and pleasure. This book comes in under the last category with a bit of intrigue. It was better than I expected from some of the reviews. When you start reading you have a basic idea of the story line. Romance, mistaken identity, rectified & HEA. How you get to the HEA is what makes the book worth the time reading ... or not. What I really liked was the dialogue between the primary characters. Often, in the case of mistaken identity, the wording is a bit outside the scope of how I think the characters would speak (taking into account time/place of the setting). It's stilted from the effort of trying too hard not reveal the real situation ( who the people truly are, what they 'do', who they're related to, where they come from, etc.). With the exception of one incident, when I had to go back and reread a couple of paragraphs several times to make sense of them, the rest of the book flowed well and was easy to read. Only one other incident bothered me. I don't like extraneous situations. Things either have value getting to know the character, help visualize the setting or explain the particulars of a specific situation. Short of that it's not needed. Two very minor bumps. The story itself was good - even had a couple of little unexpected twists. The good guys were good, the bad guy was 'hateable'. Overall, Kissing the Enemy by Leighann Dobbs, was worth the time. The characters were likable and ones I wouldn't think twice about revisiting. A solid B+.