The Taming of the Duke

Fie on those who want their heros perfect! The romance between Imogen and Rafe has been simmering away in the two previous books of this series. How wonderful to finally see it blossom. I think Ms. James played this one exactly right. The book is filled with joyous humor, the literary allusions are delightful and the smouldering sensuality in the love scenes between the "hero" and "heroine" is just perfect. It's so refreshing to find lovable characters with human flaws. I give this book a Ten out of Ten.

I absolutely loved the story of how Rafe and Imogen finally got together after their love/hate relationship from the previous books. I enjoyed reading and seeing in minds eye the transformation of these two for the better. I thought it clever to have Rafe in disguise of his brother Gabe to see how far things would progress with Imogen, if she really was intent on making Gabe her lothario, or if she really had it in her to face the fact that she was falling in love with Rafe.

I just wanted to say that this was my favorite book out of the Essax sisters series so far. It was witty, smart, funny and romantic. I loved Rafe and Imogen.