February 24, 2022

Unmasking the Duke (Pleasure Garden Book 4) by Mary Lancaster. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Love at first smile…

Charmingly wicked, Johnny Winter has spent his adulthood drifting from scandal to scandal. However, inheriting the dukedom of Dearham has him considering his responsibilities, one of which is to right the wrong done to a distant cousin twenty years ago. His search takes him to Maida Pleasure Gardens, where he is distracted by an unusual and intriguing beauty.

The first time Kitty saw the gentleman with the bone-melting smile, she lost her heart.

When, more than a year later, she finally dances with him, the moment is spoiled by having to tie him up at gunpoint. For Kitty is the niece of the infamous Bill Renwick, who owns Maida Gardens and lives too close to the edges of the law. And Johnny has seen too much.

So begins an impossible attraction – made all the more dangerous by the duke’s belief that she is his long-lost relation.

Torn between the only family she knows and her longing for the duke, Kitty’s quandary is taken out of her hands by an attempt on her life. Learning to be a lady in the duke’s household brings further complications, not least her increasing obsession with her unconventional host, the man behind the mask he shows the world.

The duke sees beyond the mystery of Kitty’s origins, but can she? And having finally found the love of his life, can he keep her safe and still find a way for them to be together?

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Pleasure Garden
Unmasking the Hero
Unmasking Deception
Unmasking Sin
Unmasking the Duke
Unmasking the Thief

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Johnny Winter,  Duke of Dearham is searching for long lost cousin, to repair an injustice. The clues have led him to a very interesting place.  Our hero is a very down to earth man who is just as comfortable in the company of farmers and tradesmen as he is the Lords and Ladies of Society. 
Kitty Renwick works in Maida Gardens for her uncle.  This is a place of entertainment, with music,  jugglers and masquerade balls. Her very protective uncle only allows her to work the day times because the evening crowd are not all respectable.  That of course makes her want to be there.  Our heroine is an honest, intelligent and kind young woman who loves her family. 
This is a fascinating historical romance filled with fun,  lovely characters and a mystery to solve.  We have met some of our characters in previous books,  but if you haven't read them it won't stop you enjoying this one. I have read all the books in this series and I want to step back in time to go to Maida Gardens it seems like a really exciting place.  
I loved it.  


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Mary Lancaster's first love was historical fiction. Since then she has grown to love coffee, chocolate, red wine and black and white films - simultaneously where possible. She hates housework.

As a direct consequence of the first love, she studied history at St. Andrews University, after which she worked variously as editorial assistant, researcher and librarian. Although she has always written stories for her own entertainment, she began to make serious efforts toward publication in order to distract herself from a job she disliked. She now writes full time at her seaside home in Scotland, which she shares with her husband and three children.

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