The Duchess Diaries

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Call Number: Romance
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Includes excerpt from The duke's temptation.
As headmistress of the Scarfield Academy for Young Ladies, Miss Charlotte Boscastle is tasked with keeping her charges free from notoriety. But when Charlotte's diary goes missing, she can't imagine having her most intimate secrets fall into the wrong hands. Although the confessions in the diary he found spark his interest, the Duke of Wynfield has every intention of returning the journal. But when Gideon's encounter with Charlotte takes on an unexpectedly passionate nature, his indiscretion causes a scandal that only marriage can cure.

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A Mess submitted by Rin on June 17, 2012, 6:14pm I've only read a few of Jillian Hunter's books, and they've been somewhat hit or miss for me- mostly miss. I picked this one up because it had a lovely Georgian dress on the cover. The cover, however, was my favorite thing about the book. And since the book takes place in 1819, the cover is really out of place.

The book had a (large) number of annoying points, and I finally gave up after 100 pages. Idiot heroines writing stupid diaries, family members I can't keep straight, and somewhat improbable twists all combined for a rather unenjoyable read. Especially the whole scandal. First of all, why does the family have to suddenly decide thay want to visit the duke's (whichever duke he was- there were far too many of them. Whatever happened to nice earls and barons?) house on their treasure hunt, since they know he's probably with his mistress and would most likely not approve of them barging in, even if he were home? And then charging past the butler and interrupting the duke in his study, where he has conveniently just kissed the heroine. I mean, if I saw a family member in a position like that, I think I'd try my best to just make sure it never came out, rather than trying to force the duke to marry her. Also, scandal sheets, though printed quickly, aren't printed that quickly. The action presumably happened after midnight, and then by the next morning, everyone knows and there's even a cartoon. I assume it's the rejected mistress' fault, but even she, in all her scorned fury, wouldn't be able to disseminate the information so quickly. Cartoons definitely take far more time than that, since thay have to be drawn, engraved, then printed, and finally sold to the masses, all of which take time. And enraged non-mistresses generally don't have the money to create a scandal quite that large in so short a time.

In all, this books was pretty unbelievable, and I don't believe I will be reading any more of Jillian Hunter's books in the future.