By Felicity Niven
How the Rake Stole Christmas Collection
Star rating: ★★★★★
Blurb
The Duke of Kittredge is that rarest of men—a wealthy, tall, and still-unmarried duke at the age of thirty-one. As such, he’s perennially at the top of the “Most Eligible Bachelor” list of the ton. And yet, he’s never gotten close to landing a wife. Young ladies don’t seem to like him. Scratch that. They revile him. And he’s in complete sympathy with their opinion of him.
Because he is, without question, an insufferable clodpole.
But to please his mother, he’s promised to attend a Christmas country house party where he will meet a dozen possible future duchesses. He will waltz and carol and stand under the mistletoe when all he really wants to do is cloister himself in his London library with a fire, a stack of books, and his dog.
So he does what any rational, right-thinking duke would do.
He runs away.
Enter Franny Cranhill, ray of sunshine. After what they’ve both been through, Franny just wants her little brother Ren to have the best Christmas ever. And he will. She’ll make sure of it. And if that means she has to give an adorably grumpy duke lessons in how to speak, act like a human being, and win a wife, she’ll do that.
If only the darling duke weren’t so handsome and so brooding and so unintentionally funny.
And such a good kisser.
Duke the Halls is a steamy Regency romance Christmas novella and a prequel to The Bed Me Books series. Content warnings available on author's website.
Genre: Holiday Novella
Read if you Like:
🎄Christmas novellas
🎄 Relationship lessons
🎄 Autism representation
🎄 He falls hard
🎄 Different social status
My Thoughts:
I had high expectations for Duke the Halls as I had heard nothing but good things about Felicity Niven's writing. What I was not expecting, was for it to necessitate a difficult conversation with my husband, because while he's pretty great, the Duke of Kittredge now has my heart.
I always have a soft spot for a hero who isn't smooth or charming and Kitt is none of those things. He is, however, incredibly kind and very gone for Franny almost immediately. I loved seeing Franny through his eyes because he just likes everything about her so much.
I also really liked Franny and the fact that even though she hasn't had the easiest life, she hasn't let go of her spirit. She laughs too much and spends money she shouldn't be buying pies for strangers. She and Kitt complement each other so well!
If you are a fan of historical romance do yourself a favor and pick up Duke the Halls this holiday season. It was my first Felicity Niven read and I have clearly been missing out on a wonderful writer. I can't wait to try more of her books!
Thanks to Felicity Niven for allowing me to read this one early in order to write a review. All opinions are my own.
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