Review: A Duke Worth Falling For

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Her career in tatters, celebrity photographer Lilah Rose needs somewhere to regroup and start fresh, outside of the spotlight. There’s nowhere better to hide than the English countryside, complete with fluffy sheep, rolling hills…and Max, the stern, sexy farmer who tends to them. But the lazy days and lush nights with Max aren't as far from the spotlight as Lilah thinks. He isn’t simply a farmer—he’s also a duke: young, handsome and powerful…and too aware of how a title can dazzle, making the man inside invisible. What’s the harm in playing the farmer for a while? After all, Lilah isn’t staying… Soon, Max is imagining just that, though--wondering what it would be like to have her on his land, in his life, in his bed forever. For that, he’s going to need to tell her the truth…and hope he can convince her that he’s a duke worth falling for.

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: June 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: What could have been a great book (or, rather, a great novella), for me was partly ruined when the two main characters fall into bed after having met twice, for a total period of about half an hour at the most. They meet first in the middle of an English pasture and that certainly doesn't go down well since they are thoroughly rude to each other (one of the best scenes in the book though, that will leave you with a smile on your face). And they meet later in the day at the local pub. They walk together to the cottage where Lilah is staying and bam - they are not only having sex, they are in love. 

I did like the ending of the book, but I feel the story and the characters deserved much more. A Duke Worth Falling For could have been a wonderful full length book, but as a novella didn't really work for me, and as such I can't bring myself to actively recommend it.

 

Happy readings otherwise!

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