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Never Deceive a Duke
Author: Liz Carlyle
ISBN: 141652715X
Publisher: Pocket - 2007-07-24
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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Had potential

Gareth, part owner of Neville Shipping, finds out he's the last surviving member of a dukedom he wants no part of. The previous Duke hated Gareth so much that he handed him over to a ship when he was a boy. He reluctantly takes responsibility and starts taking care of his people. There he meets the late Duke's wife, Antonia. Antonia gave the impression of being timid and broken down, but also very snappy during certain moments. Passion leads to a hesitant relationship.

While a boy on the ship Gareth experienced some very traumatic events; horrible things that readers should prepare themselves for. Gareth is also half Jewish in a time when anti-Semitism was pretty much the norm. Yet, despite all of that, I didn't feel as if Gareth was shaped by his past. The words of the pages didn't match the character. Of course, Gareth might just have been that type of man but I was expecting a little more due to what I experienced from the authors other books. The bigotry was real and I'm glad the author didn't shy from it.

I was disappointed that Antonia wasn't strong enough to hear what Gareth had to tell her. She was an aristocratic lady but I hoped that during Gareth's painful admission she would have had to fortitude to comfort him. I understand her past; I just wished she had been a bit stronger.

I also felt as if there were too many lose ends in the book. The mystery wasn't really explained too well and it got somewhat cluttered with all of the names. I was also disappointed that Gareth, whose Jewish background was extensively explained, never really returned his faith. In fact, he didn't really ever come to any conclusions about his beliefs. I was a bit disappointed with that. I felt as this book lacked some of the emotions and depth that I have read previously from this author.

Despite all of the negatives I brought up, I liked Gareth (who Antonia called by his first name, Gabriel) and a few of the secondary characters. Overall, I recommend it for those who are reading this series and for the uniqueness of having a Jewish hero in romance. But I wouldn't rush this to the top of your TBR list.

Wonderful Moving Romance and Mystery

The story line is already described elsewhere in reviews. I loved the combination of romance and mystery. The author has already developed the character of our Gareth in prior stories but it is not necessary to have read them, but it is your loss if you dont. They are well worth the read. Gareth's/Gabriel's horrific life story is given in all it's heartbreaking detail. He and Antonia are both damaged in ways that create a bond as one tries to aid the other in becoming a whole person. This is an underlying theme in all the books in this trilogy. This is my second favorite in the series, but I waver. I love them all. Ms. Carlyle has a wonderful way of bringing humor, usually through one of my favorite characters, Kem, in to a story to help take the edge off of the drama. Ms. Carlyle's books introduce her main characters in other stories, but then she does a thorough job of reintroducing us to them and giving us their back story.

I confess a bias toward this author's books. I love her characters; the reintrodction of these "old friends" as I think of them, in successive books. Ms. Carlyle is an excellent writer, and thank the gods she has incredible editors. I never get sidetracked by offensive grammatical and typographic errors.

I find all of the love scenes well done and HOT; and the interactions between the characters very realistic. She is an author that does the rare thing for me, her characters take on life and make the story multidimensional not just a flat read.

Unless she changes radically, I will be a fan for life.

Not her best work...

I almost stopped several times but I persisted. Two of her other books 'No True Gentleman' and 'Devil to Pay' were much better. The main character needed some sidekick Kemble to unravel the mystery dragging the story on. The story line was just not that exciting.

Emotionally difficult to read

Liz Carlyle is a fabulous writer who seems to continually push the envelope in terms of trauma her characters have experienced. I think on some level she is warning her audience not to get too complacent.

--Spoiler--
Each chapter begins with a memory or flashback in which we learn about the hero's past. Thanks to plenty of foreshadowing I knew what was comming: that the hero as a captured cabin boy, would be raped and abused, "prostituting" himself to survive before he escapes. However, nothing could really prepare me for how difficult it was to read about it.

Ironically, prostitution, childhood abuse and also rape are almost standard fare in romance novels. It's not where you are but how far you've come. But the horrific combination in this book were much much more difficult for me to absorb.

I appreciate everything Liz Carlyle writes, and even though this is not her best book, I still recommend it. However, this wouldn't be my choice if one were looking to "escape".

Great Reading

Wonderful reading. Liz Carlyle is a great author and this book shows just how talanted she is. Couldn't put this book down.

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Editorial Reviews:

They call her the porcelain princess...

With her fragile beauty and regal bearing, the Duchess of Warneham knows how to keep her admirers at a distance. Twice wed and twice widowed, Antonia has vowed never again to marry; never again to surrender her freedom. But when her husband's death is deemed suspicious, and his long-lost heir returns to seize control of the dukedom, she finds that fate has placed her future in yet another man's hands -- but not just any man.

They call him a cold-hearted bastard...

Deep in London's docklands, Gareth Lloyd runs Neville Shipping with an iron fist. Unrecognizable as the starving orphan who was abandoned by his family and sent an ocean away from home, Gareth has put his troubled past behind him. That is, until the Duke of Warneham is murdered, and Gareth turns out to be the dynasty's last living heir. Wrenched from his solitude, Gareth neither wants nor needs the honors and obligations of nobility -- especially the Duke's all-too-tempting widow.... Or does he?

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