I have never met a Susan May Warren book that I didn’t love, nor one that I didn’t replay over and over in my head for days or weeks afterwards…
About Duchess:
When her country needs her, will she have the courage to surrender her glittering world and her one true love?
The golden age of Hollywood is in the business of creating stars. Rosie Worth, now starlet Roxy Price, has found everything she’s wanted in the glamour of the silver screen. With adoring fans and a studio-mogul husband, she’s finally silenced the voices—and grief—of the past. Her future shines bright…until the fated Black Friday when it all comes crashing down. When Roxy loses everything, she finds herself disgraced and penniless. Her only hope is to join forces with Belgian duke Rolfe Van Horne, a longtime film investor. But Rolfe is not who he seems, and he has other plans for Roxy and her movies—plans to support a growing unrest in Europe, plans that could break her heart and endanger her life.
My Thoughts:
I thoroughly enjoyed the Daughters of Fortune series
and she did an outstanding job of finishing up with Duchess. All of the
characters I loved (and even some I hated) are back to complete the tale of the
Worth family.
Disclaimer: This isn’t your typical book review…
I can’t write, “Their eyes met and they fell in love. He slays
the dragon and she falls into his arms to live happily ever after.” Why? Because
nothing Susan May Warren writes could ever be called ‘typical’!
There are so many things I would love to tell you in this
review; like who shows up in the end to save
the day or who is reunited in the end after all these years... But I can’t
stand to give anything away! Just trust me on the fact that you will have
trouble putting Duchess down once you begin.
She met the man she was destined to love years before, but
she didn’t know who he was until it was too late… Rosie has way more than her share
of heartbreak and tragedy; will she ever find her destiny? Duchess is a story
of surrendering your will and finding peace in your circumstances.
Susan May Warren is spectacular! No one can take a story and
turn it into reality like she can. You become immersed in another world, in
Duchess, it is Hollywood in all of its glory and Europe on the brink of a
catastrophe. From the moment you start it, you are transported and you won’t be
the same when you have finished.
The twists and turns and ups and downs and just when you
think everything will turn out like a fairy tale ending, the roller-coaster
starts again. I was so drawn in; I sighed, wanted to cry and may have even yelled
at the book a few times, “that is not how it is supposed to happen!”
In the end, Duchess does a wonderful job of tying up the
Daughters of Fortune series in a neat little bow, but it took the long way –
filled with heartache, tears and betrayal - before finding a happy ending. I
wouldn’t have wanted it any other way…
About the author:
Susan May Warren is the bestselling, RITA Award–winning author of
more than forty novels whose compelling plots and unforgettable
characters have won acclaim with readers and reviewers alike. She served
with her husband and four children as a missionary in Russia for eight
years before she and her family returned home to the States. She now
writes full-time as her husband runs a lodge on Lake Superior in
northern Minnesota, where many of her books are set. She and her family
enjoy hiking, canoeing, and being involved in their local church.
Several of her critically acclaimed novels have been ECPA and CBA
bestsellers, were chosen as Top Picks by Romantic Times, and have won
the RWA’s Inspirational Reader’s Choice contest and the American
Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year award. Five of her books have
been Christy Award finalists. In addition to her writing, Susan loves
to teach and speak at women’s events about God’s amazing grace in our
lives. She also runs a writing community for authors. Visit
MyBookTherapy.com to learn more. For exciting updates on her new
releases, previous books, and more, visit her website at
www.susanmaywarren.com.The extras:
Check out my reviews of great Susan May Warren books:
Heiress (Book 1 in the Daughters of Fortune series)
Baroness (Book 2 in the Daughters of Fortune series)
You Don't Know Me
Baby It's Cold Outside
My Foolish Heart
And don't miss the giveaway!
Susan May Warren is celebrating the release of Duchess with a Kindle Fire HD Giveaway.
- A brand new Kindle Fire HD
- Signed copies of Duchess, Baroness and Heiress
The fine print:
I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions expressed are all mine and I was not required to give a positive review.
I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions expressed are all mine and I was not required to give a positive review.
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