A FISHERMAN’S DAUGHTER
Miss Poppy Summers is determined to keep her family’s fishing business afloat. Her poor widowed father has fallen ill, and her foolhardy brother has moved to London, leaving her precious little time to read or pursue her own dreams. But she’ll do anything for her family, so she cheerfully spends mornings in her rowboat, casting her nets. The very last thing Poppy expects or wants to find tangled in them is a dangerously attractive man. Especially one with a head wound—who’s convinced he’s a duke.
AND A DUKE OUT OF WATER
Andrew Keane is the Duke of Hawking, but he’s having the devil of a time convincing his fiery-haired rescuer of that fact. The truth is he came to the seaside resort of Bellehaven Bay to escape his life in London. Unfortunately, someone in Bellehaven wants to kill him—and he intends to find out who. He implores Poppy to tend to his injuries and hide him on her beach, reasoning it will be easier to find his attacker if that man assumes Keane is already dead. She wants no part of the scheme but can’t refuse the generous sum he offers in exchange for food and shelter while he recovers. It’s a mutually beneficial business arrangement…nothing more.
ARE ABOUT TO MAKE WAVES
Under Poppy’s care, Keane regains his strength—and a sense of purpose. As they work together to solve the puzzle of his would-be murderer, he’s dazzled by her rapier wit and adventurous spirit; she’s intrigued by his mysterious air and protective streak. Though Poppy’s past gives her every reason to mistrust someone like Keane, the seawalls around her heart crumble in the storm of their passion. But when clues hint at the prime suspect in Keane’s attempted murder, Poppy must decide where her loyalties lie. Torn between the world she’s always known and the one she’s always dreamed of, she’ll need true love for a shot at her fairytale ending.
Release Date: Jan 24, 2023
Series: Rogues to Lovers
Book: 2
Heat Level: Hot
Publisher: Macmillan
Imprint: St. Martin’s Press
Price: $8.99
“And he knew he’d never forget that moment. He and Poppy could live on a majestic country estate or own the most elegant townhouse in all of London. He’d never love any place more than their little lean-to on the beach of Bellehaven Bay.”
Poppy Summers is determined to keep her family’s fishing business afloat after her brother travels to London for work and her father’s ailing health. She is astonished to find an injured man claiming to be a duke caught in her fishing nets. Someone tried to kill Andrew Keane, Duke of Hawking, and he is in need of Poppy’s help discovering the identity of his attacker. Poppy mistrusts nobility after they deeply hurt someone she loved, but the money Andrew offers for her help makes her accept his offer. She is about to realize that Andrew is more than just a duke, and he might not be as rotten and terrible as she believes members of the aristocracy to be.
Anna Bennett’s books I have read are low drama and high romance, and I mean that in the best way. I genuinely enjoyed both Poppy and Keane as separate characters and as a couple. It wasn’t that love hit them like a bolt of lightning, but it grew over time. These relationships always feel the most real and long-lasting to me. I can imagine them being married for 50 years, and that’s what I want in a romance. I want the belief in real and lasting love. Yes, there was Keane’s attempted murder and Poppy and Keane working together to find out who is trying to kill him, but it never overshadowed the romance, which is always a plus. I smiled like a fool through the whole thing and couldn’t stop. One Duke Down is another lovely release for Anna Bennett.
If you’re a fan of other low-angst authors such as Christy Carlyle and Amelia Grey, then you definitely don’t want to miss this new release.
~ Michelle
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