*2.5 stars*

A Duke in Question is the third in a series of Daring Dukes by Amalie Howard and sadly did not work for me. It has her trademark steam, and chemistry but the characters never connected emotionally fully for me. I also felt quite disjointed with some actions and non-consequences in the book. For example, I know how much of a big deal divorce was then, and yet here it barely made a blip. Also Valentine was quite condescending towards Bronwyn for the longest time and that simply didn’t sit right with me. I liked Bronwyn well enough although some of her actions were also quite confusing. The spy stuff was fine, but the villain was well spotted a mile away. I did enjoy seeing Cortland again and Ravenna, and I enjoyed the Aunt.

Overall, this was an okay read but not as good as some absolutely fantastic earlier A. Howard hisroms.

A huge thank you to Sourcebooks and NetGalley for the ARC.
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Well, this is my favorite of the three, but still only 3 stars, so clearly this particular series isn't my cup of tea. I liked the spy and best friend's sibling aspects, and half way through I thought maybe I would give it 4 stars, but the second half was weaker than the first, and then the ending was weakest of all, so it didn't end on a great note for me. Ah well. I've liked some previous books from this author, so it won't stop me from trying others, but this particular series was a miss. ( )

I got an Arc of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

It's the third in a series, and I haven't read the previous one, but as each features a new couple I didn't feel I was missing too much.
I quite enjoyed this book, Our heroine, Bronwyn, is quite progressive, and smart, and I always appreciate that in my heroines. Valentine is grumpy and has his set rules. He does his best not to fall head over heels for Bronwyn, but we all know how that goes.
I enjoyed the banter, and the cat and mouse game between the two, but I felt the lust hit a bit fast as soon as the attraction started. Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean the spicy scenes are bad, but as the story progressed I was missing a bit more of a personal connection between the two.
The romance part feels a bit too modern, like they got away with it to easily. That's the part that knocks my rating down a bit sadly. It didn't feel like there was any real danger of them being found out. I think that if they had been forced to marry at the halfway mark, or the before the last act due to the expectations of the time period things could have maybe come across a little more believable.
I really appreciated that the author tried to fit in real historic events to the story, it's a nice way to learn a few new things.

This book is definitely for lovers of costume dramas and spice
3.5 stars ( )

The Duke in Question by Amelia Howard
Daring Dukes series book #3. Historical diverse (own voice) romance. Can be read as a stand-alone but better as part of the series, for the family dynamics.
Lady Bronwyn wants to be a source of good and help her country. She has taken on dangerous spy missions but on the ship across the ocean to the States, she is being hunted by a former spymaster, Valentine Medford, the Duke of Thornbury. He doesn’t know the Kestral is female or the lucious Bronwyn as she leads him on a wicked chase of seduction and secrets.

Wicked hot with amusing antics among the ton parties. Too much giggling but pretty accurate shooting. I liked the intrigue and layers within the premise of society parties.

Don’t skip the authors notes at the end that detail the actual history and research notes and how the story unfolded to it’s ending result.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley. ( )