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Book Review of The Duchess (Montgomery, Bk 9)

The Duchess (Montgomery, Bk 9)
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CLAIRE WILLOUGHBY WAS A MODERN AMERICAN GIRL OF THE LATE 1800S FRESH, PRACTICAL, ENERGETIC, AND WIDE EYED WITH CURIOSITY. A CLAUSE IN HER GRANDFATHER'S WILL SAID THAT SHE MUST WED AN "ACCEPTABLE" MAN TO KEEP HER MILLIONS, AND BLOND HANSOME HARRY MONTGOMERY, THE ELEVENTH DUKE OF MACARRAN, WAS PERFECT. THEIR ENGAGEMENT WAS QUICKLY ANNOUNCED, AND CLAIRE SET OFF WITH HER ENTIRE FAMILY TO MEET THE MONTGOMERY CLAN IN SCOTLAND. BRAMLEY CASTLE WAS A DAMP, CHILLY PLACE, OVERFLOWING WITH ECCENTRIC MONTGOMERY RELATIVE. BUT THERE WAS ALSO TREVELYAN, A MAN OF GREAT MYSTERY. WHOEVER HE WAS, HE WASN'T AT ALL LIKE HARRY, TREVELYAN WAS THE MOST EXASPERATING,ARROGANT, KNOW IT ALL OF A MAN CLAIRE HAD EVER MET. AND THE MOST FASCINATING.