For those of you awaiting the return of Bridgerton....

     If you’re looking for a regency romance to hold you over until Bridgerton S3, then look no further than Amelia Grey’s new novel Sincerely, The Duke which comes out tomorrow!
     Miss Edwina Fine has one shot at finding a husband before the ton learns her secret. With red hair, green eyes and being one of triplets, she knows the superstitions and rumors about women like her. So when a marriage proposal from the Duke of Stonerick arrives by mail, Edwina jumps at the chance to solve her problems. But nothing could prepare her for the attraction that sparks between them when they finally meet. It will take more than Edwina’s wit to navigate her past, reservations about marriage and the passion that ignites within her for the irresistible duke. Rick, Duke of Stonerick, enjoys his life exactly as it is: honing his expert marksmanship, playing cards and fencing with his friends. He even enjoys exchanging affectionate humor with his mother about his lack of matrimonial engagement. But when a recurring illness reminds Rick he has no heir, he picks a name from the list of prospects his mother presents and writes a simple marriage proposal. Then he forgets about it—until that very lady with an iron will and breathtaking bravery shows up at his doorstep, ready to accept. Edwina tempts him like no other and suddenly, marriage doesn’t seem much of an inconvenience after all. But will keeping his illness a secret cost him her love?
     While I really enjoyed this book, it wasn’t my favorite historical romance book. I think I just loved the first book in this series (YOURS TRULY, THE DUKE) so much that I had too high of hopes for this one… But regardless, I still loved Rick and Edwina and how their romance blossomed!
     I think there were a lot of plotlines that got mixed up and while they all pretty much get resolved, I think I would’ve preferred less plotlines and had that added depth rather than too many surface level plots.
     That being said, I did learn a lot about superstitions from the regency era while reading this story that I hadn’t heard of before so that was an interesting detail added in that made this novel stand out.
     While I liked the first book in this series better, I still recommend this book to regency romance lovers and am definitely excited to read the new book in this series whenever it comes out!

*I received an ARC from St. Martin’s Press in exchange for my honest opinion.

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