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Agent: Maura Kye-Casella, Don Congdon Associates. The complex characterization and eccentricities of Struan’s relatives refreshingly diverge from typical portrayals of Regency gentry. The novel hews very closely to the plot of its namesake film, including replicating some of its flaws, but Jordan ( Hell Breaks Loose) has added both disdain and heat to the familiar story. The feeling’s mutual, but she’s afraid he’ll hate her when he learns of her deception. His ignoble motives change when he falls in love with her. Shop girl Poppy Fairchurch knows it’s pointless fantasizing about the Duke of Autenberry. Struan sees an opportunity to take a dig at his brother by stealing Poppy’s affections. While the Duke Was Sleeping by Sophie Jordan Book One of the Rogue Files series Publisher: Avon Publication Date: OctoRating: 4 stars Source: eARC from Edelweiss Summary (from Goodreads): Sometimes the man of your dreams. Poppy moons after the duke, who’s a frequent patron at her London shop after saving his life, she’s mistaken for his fiancée, and his best friend convinces her to keep up the ruse. Poppy Fairchurch and her teenage sister are barely scraping by on Poppy’s bookstore wages. Struan’s accumulated wealth does nothing to impress his scornful half-brother, who now holds the Autenberry title. Struan Mackenzie’s father, the previous Duke of Autenberry, abandoned his pregnant mother and died before Struan could confront him. In this predictable but satisfying opening to the Rogue Files Regency-era series, a shop clerk falls for a self-made man.
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