{"id":29830,"date":"2023-01-24T12:21:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T16:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=29830"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:15:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:15:18","slug":"review-one-duke-down-by-anna-bennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/24\/review-one-duke-down-by-anna-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f One Duke Down by Anna Bennett"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-29830\" data-postid=\"29830\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-29830 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_x8ip864 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_ovgv864 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_mn6s864 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/one-duke-down-anna-bennett.jpg?resize=306%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29831\" title=\"one-duke-down-anna-bennett\" alt=\"one-duke-down-anna-bennett\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/one-duke-down-anna-bennett.jpg?w=306&amp;ssl=1 306w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/one-duke-down-anna-bennett.jpg?resize=184%2C300&amp;ssl=1 184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/one-duke-down-anna-bennett.jpg?resize=400%2C653&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_84ll864 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>A FISHERMAN\u2019S DAUGHTER<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Miss Poppy Summers is determined to keep her family\u2019s 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\u2019ll 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\u2014who\u2019s convinced he\u2019s a duke.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>AND A DUKE OUT OF WATER<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Andrew Keane\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">is<\/span>\u00a0the Duke of Hawking, but he\u2019s 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,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">someone<\/span>\u00a0in Bellehaven wants to kill him\u2014and 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\u2019t refuse the generous sum he offers in exchange for food and shelter while he recovers. It\u2019s a mutually beneficial business arrangement\u2026nothing more.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>ARE ABOUT TO MAKE WAVES<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Under Poppy\u2019s care, Keane regains his strength\u2014and a sense of purpose. As they work together to solve the puzzle of his would-be murderer, he\u2019s dazzled by her rapier wit and adventurous spirit; she\u2019s intrigued by his mysterious air and protective streak. Though Poppy\u2019s 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\u2019s attempted murder, Poppy must decide where her loyalties lie. Torn between the world she\u2019s always known and the one she\u2019s always dreamed of, she\u2019ll need true love for a shot at her fairytale ending.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_79oj864 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ctjj864  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png?resize=296%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Jan 24, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Rogues to Lovers<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0St. Martin&#8217;s Press<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"quotes\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cAnd he knew he\u2019d 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\u2019d never love any place more than their little lean-to on the beach of Bellehaven Bay.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Poppy Summers<\/strong> is determined to keep her family\u2019s fishing business afloat after her brother travels to London for work and her father\u2019s ailing health. She is astonished to find an injured man claiming to be a duke caught in her fishing nets. Someone tried to kill <strong>Andrew Keane, Duke of Hawking<\/strong>, and he is in need of Poppy\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anna Bennett\u2019s<\/strong> 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\u2019t 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\u2019s what I want in a romance. I want the belief in real and lasting love. Yes, there was Keane\u2019s 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\u2019t stop. <strong>One Duke Down<\/strong> is another lovely release for <strong>Anna Bennett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re a fan of other low-angst authors such as <strong>Christy Carlyle<\/strong> and <strong>Amelia Grey<\/strong>, then you definitely don\u2019t want to miss this new release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8r69864 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Hsn1Yt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3kGFEi9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/one-duke-down-anna-bennett\/1142184915?ean=9781250793942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/one-duke-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Anna_Bennett_One_Duke_Down?id=XZBpEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FISHERMAN\u2019S DAUGHTERMiss Poppy Summers is determined to keep her family\u2019s fishing business afloat. 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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\u2019ll 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\u2014who\u2019s convinced he\u2019s a duke.<br \/><br \/><strong>AND A DUKE OUT OF WATER<\/strong><br \/>Andrew Keane\u00a0is\u00a0the Duke of Hawking, but he\u2019s 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,\u00a0someone\u00a0in Bellehaven wants to kill him\u2014and 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\u2019t refuse the generous sum he offers in exchange for food and shelter while he recovers. It\u2019s a mutually beneficial business arrangement\u2026nothing more.<br \/><br \/><strong>ARE ABOUT TO MAKE WAVES<\/strong><br \/>Under Poppy\u2019s care, Keane regains his strength\u2014and a sense of purpose. As they work together to solve the puzzle of his would-be murderer, he\u2019s dazzled by her rapier wit and adventurous spirit; she\u2019s intrigued by his mysterious air and protective streak. Though Poppy\u2019s 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\u2019s attempted murder, Poppy must decide where her loyalties lie. Torn between the world she\u2019s always known and the one she\u2019s always dreamed of, she\u2019ll need true love for a shot at her fairytale ending.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Jan 24, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Rogues to Lovers<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0St. Martin's Press<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p> <hr \/> <blockquote> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cAnd he knew he\u2019d 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\u2019d never love any place more than their little lean-to on the beach of Bellehaven Bay.\u201d<\/em><\/p> <\/blockquote> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Poppy Summers<\/strong> is determined to keep her family\u2019s fishing business afloat after her brother travels to London for work and her father\u2019s ailing health. She is astonished to find an injured man claiming to be a duke caught in her fishing nets. Someone tried to kill <strong>Andrew Keane, Duke of Hawking<\/strong>, and he is in need of Poppy\u2019s 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.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anna Bennett\u2019s<\/strong> 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\u2019t 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\u2019s what I want in a romance. I want the belief in real and lasting love. Yes, there was Keane\u2019s 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\u2019t stop. <strong>One Duke Down<\/strong> is another lovely release for <strong>Anna Bennett<\/strong>.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re a fan of other low-angst authors such as <strong>Christy Carlyle<\/strong> and <strong>Amelia Grey<\/strong>, then you definitely don\u2019t want to miss this new release.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Hsn1Yt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3kGFEi9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/one-duke-down-anna-bennett\/1142184915?ean=9781250793942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/one-duke-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Anna_Bennett_One_Duke_Down?id=XZBpEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29830"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29841,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29830\/revisions\/29841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}