The Duke of Danger

Written by Darcy Burke

Narrated by Marian Hussey

After killing his opponent in a duel, Lionel Maitland, Marquess of Axbridge, is known as the Duke of Danger. Tortured by guilt, he shields himself with a devil-may-care attitude. However, when he kills another man in another duel, he’s beyond redemption, even though it wasn’t his fault. He refuses to smear a dead man’s name, especially when he’s left behind a blameless widow who doesn’t deserve an even bigger scandal.

Widowed and destitute, Lady Emmaline Townsend must marry the man of her parents’ choosing or beg unsympathetic relatives for support. The only way out is to ask for help from the one man she’s sworn to hate, the man who owes her anything she asks, the man who killed her husband. They strike a devil’s bargain in which passion simmers just beneath the surface. But her dead husband’s transgressions come back to haunt them and threaten their chance at love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Darcy Burke Publishing
• Release date: Feb 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9781094232867

Darcy Burke

Darcy Burke is the USA Today bestselling author of hot, action-packed historical and sexy, emotional, contemporary romance. Darcy wrote her first book at age eleven, a happily-ever-after about a swan addicted to magic and the female swan that loved him, with exceedingly poor illustrations. A native Oregonian, Darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her guitar-strumming husband, their two hilarious kids who seem to have inherited the writing gene, and three Bengal cats. In her “spare” time, Darcy is a serial volunteer enrolled in a twelve-step program where one learns to say “no,” but she keeps having to start over. She’s also a fair-weather runner, and her happy places are Disneyland and Labor Day weekend at the Gorge.

Reviews for The Duke of Danger

[PfunzoMakhomu · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Ooooh I hate the heroine. She’s annoying as hell and immature.

[sarinhamac48 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Emmaline (I really like that name) had to grow on me... at first, she's extremely petulant & brattish, asking someone to come back just to give them the "cut direct" is the epitome of childishness, IMO. However, she did improve as the book progressed.

Lionel is a lovable, sweetie pie, but it seems that the author changed her mind about his personality as he comes across completely different from the house party in Ivy & West's story.

Just one small, little criticism... duels were usually at dawn, especially when they'd already been outlawed & fighting a duel in broad daylight in the busiest park in London made NO sense whatsoever as anyone walking by would've called the authorities!

Also, the challenger did NOT get to choose the weapons, the one who was challenged did & they also chose the time & the place... so that whole section of the book was ridiculous! There were rules when it came to duelling, they followed the code duello!

Aside from that, it was enjoyable!

[UchennaEzeh · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book I looked forward to and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

[Chloé Oreste · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

3.5
Audiobook performance was really great, but the story is quite predictable and middle of the road. The characters are a bit one note

[sharon dean · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this book with it’s scandalous behaviour and duels. It was a very stark and honest look at pts and the results of one’s actions.