Every one keeps raving about this author but I've struggled to find a book I'm willing to try because the majority seem to have some kind of infidelity in them, though not always the hero and heroine or at least not physical in some cases.In this case, the heroine married an older man with a son when she was very young. It was a disillusioning experience as the Duke is a louse with more interest in his mistresses than his young wife.When she meets, briefly, James Kingston, he becomes the object of her fantasy life over the next four years including the two years of her widowhood. At the same time she develops a penpal, Julia Kirkland, who becomes her friend and confident.Once her mourning is over, she has the opportunity to start a new life. The question is what roles James and Julia might play in that future.This is a very sweet story with only closed door smexy. I loved the letter writing and the characters were appealing.The first meeting between James and Clarissa and the reaction of her step-son Christian was a tad unbelievable but overall a nice ending.Christian is in the next book in this series and according to the prologue which comprises nearly half of this ebook, spends ten years in love with a married woman through her two marriages. So this is a short story and a pretty short short story. (And it ends at 53% on my Kindle.) You should be able to get it for free at the ebook retailer of your choice.If you like Sherry Thomas, you'll probably like this. It's okay if you don't have any idea how it relates to the Fitzhugh trilogy (I didn't) or if you know exactly how it will turn out based on the synopsis (I did).But if you haven't read her, this probably isn't where to start. It's too short and they kind of glossed over some important conversations! But I just enjoy Thomas's writing a lot, so I enjoyed this.
What do You think about Claiming The Duchess (2014)?
2.75 stars.Too short. Needed additional pages between discovery and acceptance.
—saulo
Demasiado corto, demasiado predecible y muy soso...Sorry...
—harm
