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A little racy romance, I enjoyed the characters and the storyline of this book. Victoria Andrews refused to go to London with her mother and sisters for the Christmas holiday. Their Aunt Charlotte had planned a series of events in hopes of procuring husbands for 2 of the 3 remaining siblings. After a horrible experience in the Scottish Highlands 5 years before, Victoria, the eldest, had become a helpless recluse, suffering uncontrollable terrors when even thinking of going outside. She fled when windows were opened, and never dared near the door.
An earl had terrorized the highlands, burning the croft homes, killing many of the people. With wild fires burning near to their home, a gunshot was heard, followed by the family's footman bringing in the victim of the gunshot wound. His servant was dead near his horse. Victoria did what she could to stop the bleeding and mend the man's wounds until the doctor arrived. A friendship formed, followed by a more intimate relationship. Unbeknownst to her, the man was a duke, and one of the wealthiest men in the kingdom. He enjoyed the anonymity, and Victoria's fondness for him as an ordinary man. He also has a painful past. Together they try to help each other.


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Undone by the Duke Secrets in Silk Michelle Willingham 9781611098839 Books Reviews

Clever and imaginative setting - there are quite a few books in this genre featuring heroines who are dressmakers but this was the first I've read about a creator of high-end lingerie. The first half of the book was magical - I was just sucked into the creative, introverted world of Victoria and her convent-like isolation. She was not like most people I interact with in my daily life, and yet I found her completely believable as a person when her first reaction to the masculine intruder from the world outside was a mix of physical attraction and heightened self-awareness of that reaction "I don't like him.".
The tension between them builds deliciously, bit by bit, against a backdrop of violence in the surrounding areas.
Jonathan is a seductive hero (although I did have to wonder why he had to be a Duke?? How many of those are there). However. I am dropping one star (wish i could give half stars!) because the second half of the book is repeatedly slowed down by his inability to fully open up to Victoria, and this became a bit tiresome.
The book features a lot of side stories (Beatrice and Henry, Juliette and Paul, Margaret and Cain), which are left as loose ends, but presumably all will be revisited in future books of the series.

(Re a very minor character who doesn't appear directly, one can't but hope that Colleen was not hurt...!)
I confess that this book has been in my TBR folder since it was released. The reviews I read made me expect something different and I thought I'd be disappointed. Whilst I agree that the author didn't quite get the romance of the 2 main characters right, I think it suited their circumstances. The H was tortured by what happened to his parents and the break of his previous engagement and the h suffered from agoraphobia. The h was a gentle but timid woman who grew throughout the book.

****Spoilers****
I could have kicked the H after he left her alone in London. He said that he'd always protect the h and when he left her, I thought it was pretty cruel. I was really happy that the H never seduced the h and that he married her before he slept with her. It suited her characterisation as she was too emotionally fragile to enter into an illicit love affair.

Overall it was a good read and I look forward to the rest of the series.
Ms. Willingham is an excellent writer. This series of has an intriguing group of characters from which to draw upon for future books. In this first book in the series, Jonathan Nottoway, the Duke of Worthingstone, has traveled to Scotland to check out a property he has won from the local bad guy - the Earl of Strathland. Jonathan avoids London society due to a scandal in his family which resulted in his parents' deaths. Instead, he focuses primarily on building up his wealth and at some point, has intentions to marry and beget an heir, although marrying for love is not part of his plan.

There is trouble in Scotland between Strathland and local crofters. As a result Jonathan is shot by a young lad who mistakes him for Strathland. He is carried to the home of the Andrews family to be treated for his wound. The only person at home is the eldest Andrews daughter -Victoria who hasn't gone outside in five years due to being lost for several days in the cold countryside of Scotland when her family first moved there. She longs to go outside and realizes she will never have a normal life if she can't get past her fears. In fact, her mother and three sisters - Margaret, Juliette and Amelia have traveled to London to try and find husbands for the girls but Victoria is alone at home during the Christmas season with only two servants to keep her company.

She does have a passion, however. She sews beautiful undergarments and dresses and arranges for them to be sold to a well known London dressmaker. The funds she earns from this secret enterprise brings in much needed funds into the family coffers. Her father has been away to war for several years and Victoria, her mother and sisters never seem to have enough funds.

**Spoilers**When Jonathan is brought to her home to be treated for his gunshot wound, he doesn't tell Victoria he is a duke, however, it is obvious from his clothing he is a wealthy man. Jonathan's and Victoria's relationship and its buildup is obviously the main part of the storyline. Although it was somewhat interesting, it was too slow for me. Ultimately, they do marry and travel to London where their relatinship slides downhill due to past wounds in Jonathan's life. It was almost too much for me when he basically abandoned Victoria for several months toward the end of the story without any real warning or details about what was going on during that time. Yes, stuff is resolved during the last few pages of the book but I must confess to being thoroughly disappointed with Jonathan for the last 1/3 of the book.

So what is left? The reader is left to look forward to the next books in this series hoping they will answer some of the following questions about the characters we have come to care about

Beatrice, Victoria's mother and her regretful and sorrowful thoughts about her life with her absent husband who is away fighting England's war makes one wonder how their relationship will evolve in future stories. Juliette and Dr. Fraser - there's was obviously something going on there but Juliette has turned cold toward the doc.

And then perhaps the most intriguing character of all - the somewhat sexy, rough looking, Cain Sinclair - the man the Andrews girls hire to sell their line of undergarments - is my favorite. Will he and Margaret eventually wind up together? I will be very disappointed if his story is not written. Lastly, there is Amelia, the feisty, youngest sister - what will her story turn out to be?
A little racy romance, I enjoyed the characters and the storyline of this book. Victoria Andrews refused to go to London with her mother and sisters for the Christmas holiday. Their Aunt Charlotte had planned a series of events in hopes of procuring husbands for 2 of the 3 remaining siblings. After a horrible experience in the Scottish Highlands 5 years before, Victoria, the eldest, had become a helpless recluse, suffering uncontrollable terrors when even thinking of going outside. She fled when windows were opened, and never dared near the door.
An earl had terrorized the highlands, burning the croft homes, killing many of the people. With wild fires burning near to their home, a gunshot was heard, followed by the family's footman bringing in the victim of the gunshot wound. His servant was dead near his horse. Victoria did what she could to stop the bleeding and mend the man's wounds until the doctor arrived. A friendship formed, followed by a more intimate relationship. Unbeknownst to her, the man was a duke, and one of the wealthiest men in the kingdom. He enjoyed the anonymity, and Victoria's fondness for him as an ordinary man. He also has a painful past. Together they try to help each other.