To Love a Duchess, Karen Ranney
To Love a Duchess, Karen Ranney
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To Love a Duchess
An All for Love Novel

Author: Karen Ranney

Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/31/2018

Synopsis

From New York Times Bestselling Author Karen Ranney comes the first book in a royally romantic and deeply emotional new series about taking risks and allowing the power to love satisfy the questions of the heart . . .Undercover as a majordomo, spy Adam Drummond has infiltrated Marsley House with one purpose only—to plunder its mysteries and gather proof that the late Duke of Marsley was an unforgivable traitor to his country. At the same time, Adam is drawn to a more beguiling puzzle: the young and still-grieving duchess—a beauty with impenetrable secrets of her own. For Drummond, uncovering them without exposing his masquerade will require the most challenging and tender moves of his career.That a servant can arouse such passion in her is too shocking for Suzanne Whitcomb, Duchess of Marsley, to consider. Yet nothing quickens her pulse like Drummond’s touch. It’s been two years since the duke lost his life in a tragic accident—and even longer since she’s been treated like a woman. But when Drummond’s real mission is revealed, and the truth behind Suzanne’s grief comes to light, every secret conspired to tear them apart is nothing compared to the love that can hold them together.

About Karen Ranney

Some authors write their novels, almost as a catharsis of whatever is happening in their lives at that moment. They write no matter what is happening around them........sickness, good or bad weather, a death, flood.......you get the idea. Such are the writing habits of author, Karen Ranney.

Author Ranney has a solid foundation of goodness, believing that we should treat others as we ourselves wish to be treated. It is rare to find an author with such integrity. She believes in the transformative power of niceness and love.....that we have more nice people than ugly ones. She knew from the age of five that she wanted to be a writer. She carried around a big blue book the same as other little girls might have carried a doll.

We all have many conflicts in our lives every day. To be able to defuse those conflicts through the written word is very special to author Ranney. She enjoys throwing her characters into the deep end, showing their flaws, but never having them whine, or having strong women who are not expecting a man to rescue them. And, the men do not blame women for everything wrong in their lives. The author says.......hopefully, my characters always have a deep core of beliefs, but they do not always act in perfect ways...... they are like real people.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bambi on August 16, 2018

To Love a Duchess is the first book in Karen Ranney's new series,All for Love. This first book is a flipped power dynamic, where our hero is a member of the commoner class, and our heroine is a grieving duchess. The story took a bit to draw me in, but I ended up liking it quite a bit by the end. Adam......more

Goodreads review by The Book Junkie Reads . . . on August 06, 2018

A historical trip back to a time when romance was elusive and reserved. It took time to grow and be cultivated but not in the realm of the elite. But for a duchess and a servant/spy, things have a way of making use of just the basic elements of life. There was elements of emotional complexities. The......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on May 14, 2021

I just really loved this book. I haven't read a Karen Ranney before, but I have been collecting her books for awhile now. I loved how she told this story and it was elevated for me by the performance of the narrator. Suzanne is stuck in a fog after the death of her son and she is left a widow when he......more

Goodreads review by Susan on October 12, 2018

Good book with a different kind of romantic pairing. In this case, we have a commoner hero and titled heroine. Suzanne is the Duchess of Marsley. Her husband had died two years earlier, and since then she has just been going through the motions of daily life. When her father orders her to act as hos......more

Goodreads review by WTF Are You Reading? on January 04, 2019

When Adam Drummond's work for the English War Office demands that he take up a post as majordomo to Suzanne Whitcomb, Duchess of Marsley. While investigating suspicions of treason on the part of her late husband. He has no way of knowing that the beautiful but seemingly distant duchess will help him......more

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