An Unlikely Duchess

Today’s post is on An Unlikely Duchess by Mary Balogh. It is 209 pages long and is published by Signet. The cover is pink with the outline of a lady on it. The intended reader is someone who likes madcap adventures with light romance added in. There is no foul language, very mild sexuality, and mild violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the characters moving from one to the next as the story goes. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- A very proper aristocrat, who always does his duty and never sets a foot wrong, the young Duke of Mitford is on his way into the country to propose marriage, sight unseen, to a young lady of equal virtue and propriety chosen for him by his grandfather and hers. For once in his life, Paul decides to have a little adventure by traveling there incognito and without his usual ducal entourage. He finds the experience disappointing until at an inn one evening he rescues a female from certain ravishment and then learns that she is fleeing from the dreadful fate of having to marry the Duke of Mitford. Before Josephine Middleton discovers the true identity of her rescuer, the two of them are embroiled in a very big, mad adventure after she finds that her would-be abductor has stolen her jewels.

Review- At first when I was reading this book I had trouble with it because I liked it but the heroine is Too Stupid To Live. Then I realized that it was a comedy of errors, a madcap farce, and then I enjoyed the rest of the novel without any trouble. Josephine Middleton is very young and foolish and is scared to marry the Duke of Mitford because he has been misrepresented as a libertine to her by the villain. Add some stolen jewels and hidden identities and you have this novel. It is very funny and the characters are fun once you get over Jo being TSTL. I would feel sorry for Mitford but he had so much fun with her on their adventure that I don’t. He wants to have more madcap rides with her. Going in this novel with that mindset and you will have a very fun read but remember to not take anything serious in this story.

I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.