“Amend the Married Women’s Property Act, sir?” His eyes were, impossibly, icier than before.

Across the plaza, she sees a man that meets all the requirements for men they are supposed to approach to help win over. The story picks up when Annabelle joins the suffragette’s working on gaining women the right to vote. Nothing will stop him from restoring Montgomery Castle, an estate that his father lost in a bet. He always accomplished what he sets his mind to, no matter the cost. But not Sebastian Devereux, nineteenth Duke of Montgomery. Running the multiple estates that he inherited as the first son and restoring their profitability would break a lesser man. Queen Victoria views him as one of her most trusted inner circle and with good reason. After being thrust into the role of Duke at the young age of nineteen, he has worked tirelessly to restore the family name and fortune. Sebastian has been steady his whole adult life. When she learns that there is a possibility to attend school, she yearns to have an independent life away from her demanding relatives who have taken her in and put her to work as a free nanny to their children.

She has resigned herself to a life of caring for her extended family and dedicating herself to her studies. Plus, at her age, she is all but put on the She knows too many languages and is too opinionated to be considered a marriageable young lady. When I saw it was a story about a young woman attending Oxford in 1879, I could not hit the one-click purchase button fast enough.Īnnabelle Archer is a bluestocking through and through. I mean, who doesn’t love to daydream about a handsome duke with a swoon-worthy British accent. When I saw this historical romance novel popping up everywhere on social media last year, I knew it was a book I had to read. Happily, I didn’t need to make a trip out because I had Evie Dunmore’s debut novel, Bringing Down the Duke, on my shelf waiting for me to give it a reread. An estate with rolling green hills, fountains, and flower gardens… a dashing duke rides up to sweep me off my feet onto his horse as we ride off into the sunset…and, or at this point, of what feels like day 5,879 of stay at home, I would settle for a trip to the bookstore.

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore