What the Duke Desires

by Jenna Petersen

Book Overview

In What the Duke Desires , Jenna Petersen launches the first installment in her passionate new romance series about the illegitimate sons of a notorious duke brought together by love and deception.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061470821
• ISBN13: 9780061470820
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

What The Duke Desires...hot!

I had the opportunity to attend Jenna's workshop in Raleigh, NC and was thrilled to meet her. This historical, set in Regency England, is full of twists and turns and heroes galore. She has given us two lost souls. Lillian Mayhew is angered by something Simon Crathorne, the Duke of Billingham's, father supposedly did to her mother. Jenna weaves their immediate passion into a story filled with desire and shocking secrets. I loved the story and the characters. A worthwhile addition to my personal library!

Passionate and Touching

I was in tears halfway through this delightfully passionate and moving novel. The finely-drawn characters and true-to-life situations had me in their thrall from page one. Perfect escapist fun!

What a hero!

I really like Jenna Petersen's style of writing and I think this is her best book yet. Great characters, complex emotional development and a few surprises along the way together with a romantic and sexy love story. I read romance to make me happy and Petersen always rings my bell without ever being sappy or shallow. This is the best romance I've read this year. Simon is a truly noble hero facing hit after hit as he discovers what his father really was. Lillian is a good woman trying to do the right thing and discovering that the "right thing" is not such a simple thing to determine. On top of that there are a terrific set of secondary characters. I can't wait for the next book in this trilogy.

Jenna Peterson ~ Always a sure thing! 1st in the Billingham Bastards series

Lillian Mayhew's mother committed suicide after Simon Crathorne's father (the Duke) raped her - now Lillian wants revenge. Simon's father is dead but she wants to drag his good name through the mud so like her families was. The problem with her revenge plan is that when she meets Simon she finds an honest, handsome, kind man who she finds herself falling in love with... While they are falling in love/lust Simon is discovery the layers of his father deceit. Some great plots twists that I wasn't expecting Enjoy ! Looking forward to the Billingham Bastards series; The Unclaimed Duchess(2) due out August 2010 and Caleb's Story (3). If you enjoy this genre I would also suggest; One Week As Lovers, Royal's Bride and looking forward to Nothing Denied: A Novel (this author's other pen name).

A must read

This book is a must read. You can read synopsis in other reviews on this book. I just thought it was great. I can't wait for the next one in the series. I love all of Jena's books. I highly recommend this book.