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Duke of Pryde
Mariah Stone
Blurb: A marriage of convenience forces a powerful duke to choose between his ferocious pride and love that melts his icy heart.
Reputation is everything in the ton. And no one's is more pristine than Constantine
Buccleigh, Duke of Pryde's. But when a blackmailer threatens to expose his devastating secret and have him lose everything, he’s forced to marry Miss Modesty Fairchild, a woman far below his station.
A budding archeologist, Modesty would rather dig in the dirt than host a gala. But a deathbed promise has left her the guardian of an orphaned baby. She’ll do anything to protect her little ward…even marry the heartless duke who made the most offensive proposal in the history of womenkind.
Lonely in Pryde’s elegant Mayfair home, she despises the cold, unyielding duke who expects her to become his perfect duchess. She loathes his arrogance. He resents her defiance. But as dance lessons and etiquette tutorials force them together, Modesty refuses to shrink beneath his iron control. And with every act of rebellion, she shatters his carefully crafted armor, revealing the lonely, broken man beneath.
Glimpsing the tender heart beneath her husband’s haughty exterior, Modesty dreams of a loving future.
But a villain in the shadows plots Pryde’s downfall. And as the Seven Dukes of Sin hunt for clues, the blackmailer raises the stakes.
Faced with a dreadful choice, will Constantine sacrifice his pride and his title
for the wife and child he has come to treasure?
Review: 5 out of 5. Fulllllll starrrrrs
Duke of Pryde is the first book I’ve read by Mariah Stone and I absolutely devoured it. Historical romance is not my go-to read (it’s something I dip into every once in a while), but I will definitely read more in this series because I loved this book.
Going into this I hadn’t paid much attention to what it was about. I’m a sucker for a beautiful cover and the micro-tropes drew me in. I’ve always been fascinated by the Seven deadly sins, and pride is supposed to be the deadliest of them all. It can cloud a persons judgement and ability to follow one’s moral code. Duke of Pryde executes this stunningly.
Constantine Buccleigh, Duke of Pryde is faced with some hard decisions when a blackmail letter turns up at his door. He’s a man that prides himself in appearing to be perfect, but the scandal threatening to be exposed means his place in Mayfair is at risk.
Modestly Fairchild is a woman brought up on the respect of doing the right thing, even if it means putting her own dreams on hold. Her place in society is beneath the likes of a Duke, but when an orphaned child is placed in her care she puts her own wants aside to do what’s best for the child.
A marriage of convenience is agreed upon but will the Dukes pride be their downfall?
✅ Marriage of Convenience
✅ A mystery to solve
✅ London, Mayfair
✅ uppercase society
✅ Scandal
✅ Pride deadly sin
✅Set in the past
✅ Regency
✅ Slow burn
✅ Spicy scenes
Reading for RARE
ARC, however I’ll download on KU once it is released on the 25th February.
Blurb: A marriage of convenience forces a powerful duke to choose between his ferocious pride and love that melts his icy heart.
Reputation is everything in the ton. And no one's is more pristine than Constantine
Buccleigh, Duke of Pryde's. But when a blackmailer threatens to expose his devastating secret and have him lose everything, he’s forced to marry Miss Modesty Fairchild, a woman far below his station.
A budding archeologist, Modesty would rather dig in the dirt than host a gala. But a deathbed promise has left her the guardian of an orphaned baby. She’ll do anything to protect her little ward…even marry the heartless duke who made the most offensive proposal in the history of womenkind.
Lonely in Pryde’s elegant Mayfair home, she despises the cold, unyielding duke who expects her to become his perfect duchess. She loathes his arrogance. He resents her defiance. But as dance lessons and etiquette tutorials force them together, Modesty refuses to shrink beneath his iron control. And with every act of rebellion, she shatters his carefully crafted armor, revealing the lonely, broken man beneath.
Glimpsing the tender heart beneath her husband’s haughty exterior, Modesty dreams of a loving future.
But a villain in the shadows plots Pryde’s downfall. And as the Seven Dukes of Sin hunt for clues, the blackmailer raises the stakes.
Faced with a dreadful choice, will Constantine sacrifice his pride and his title
for the wife and child he has come to treasure?
Review: 5 out of 5. Fulllllll starrrrrs
Duke of Pryde is the first book I’ve read by Mariah Stone and I absolutely devoured it. Historical romance is not my go-to read (it’s something I dip into every once in a while), but I will definitely read more in this series because I loved this book.
Going into this I hadn’t paid much attention to what it was about. I’m a sucker for a beautiful cover and the micro-tropes drew me in. I’ve always been fascinated by the Seven deadly sins, and pride is supposed to be the deadliest of them all. It can cloud a persons judgement and ability to follow one’s moral code. Duke of Pryde executes this stunningly.
Constantine Buccleigh, Duke of Pryde is faced with some hard decisions when a blackmail letter turns up at his door. He’s a man that prides himself in appearing to be perfect, but the scandal threatening to be exposed means his place in Mayfair is at risk.
Modestly Fairchild is a woman brought up on the respect of doing the right thing, even if it means putting her own dreams on hold. Her place in society is beneath the likes of a Duke, but when an orphaned child is placed in her care she puts her own wants aside to do what’s best for the child.
A marriage of convenience is agreed upon but will the Dukes pride be their downfall?
✅ Marriage of Convenience
✅ A mystery to solve
✅ London, Mayfair
✅ uppercase society
✅ Scandal
✅ Pride deadly sin
✅Set in the past
✅ Regency
✅ Slow burn
✅ Spicy scenes
Reading for RARE
ARC, however I’ll download on KU once it is released on the 25th February.
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