No Dukes Allowed
Three young widowed women are summering together in Brighton for a break from their troubles back home. In three separate short stories, each woman is in for a surprising adventure in love when unexpected suitors throw their hats in the ring for their attention.
It took me awhile to realize it, but I really liked that all of these authors wrote separate stories, but that they all mingle together with the three protagonist women living in the same house over the summer. It was fun to see characters pop up in one another’s narratives. Each tale was charming and well written, which is not something I can always say with short stories. I found myself caught up in the drama of each Duchesses love entanglement and rooting for a happy ending. I also thought it was an interesting notion to make each women a widowed Dutches of the Victorian era so that the sex scenes with their newest lovers weren’t as socially unrealistic since they were all experienced women. Overall this was your basic romance novel, filled with turmoil, lust, and happy endings.
I would recommend this book if you liked Downton Abbey, or Pride and Prejudice.