Yours Truly, The Duke

I have been provided with a copy of Yours Truly, The Duke from the publisher via NetGalley for an impartial review. This is the first book in the brand-new Say I Do Trilogy series and this was just a great way to start off a new series. This was such a cute story. I was drawn into these new characters' lives and I felt so much for these characters and everything that they had been through. It was just so easy to get lost in this interesting story. The only drawback I had was at the beginning of each chapter there was some poetry that I thought was unnecessary and didn’t help the story move forward at all. Other than that I really enjoyed this story and I look forward to reading the rest of the books in this series.

It’s well written and started off strong but I ultimately wouldn’t recommend it. It’s too long for what actually happens in the plot and it’s just not believable at all that this couple would fall in love. Wyatt is fine but Fredericka is annoying. She criticizes almost everything Wyatt says and does, she only ever attributes bad motivations to his actions and words, and she’s constantly nagging him and the children to the point where it’s part of nearly every interaction. Her deliberate misinterpretations of most things Wyatt said became tedious. By the time they exchange I love yous it’s just so unbelievable and unjustified that it has minimal impact. It’s unfortunate because I like this trope and in the beginning of the book I thought it would be good but there’s not enough in here to explain why they would even like each other, let alone fall in love.

A needed marriage of convenience brings a poetry lover and poetry hater together in “Yours Truly, the Duke” by Amelia Grey, the first in the Say I Do trilogy!! Miss Fredericka Hale marries for a better chance of guardianship for her nephew and nieces. The Duke of Wyatthaven marries by a deadline to keep his inheritance from his grandmother. Although the attraction is mutual, they decide to live separately. However, she arrives in London one night with the children while he is living it up. You will shake with fury because of the villain in this story! They are so good at twisting things, it will make you appreciate the writing. However, they do redeem themselves and you will appreciate their growth. I enjoyed the growth between Fredericka and Wyatt. They have similarities and differences that help them heal and develop into better people individually and as a partnership. She is definitely an amazing force who we all would want fighting for us. He is definitely a cinnamon roll and who does not want one?! This is such a sweet book with middling angst and chemistry leading to many kissing sessions. I highly recommend his book!! Thank you to Net Galley and St Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for a honest review.

The Duke of Wyatthaven has just learned that he has seven days to marry or lose four square blocks of prime London real estate to the London Society of Poetry. He really isn’t ready to be a husband, but with no choice in the matter he quickly sends a letter to Miss Fredericka Hale sight unseen, who also needs to marry in order to keep her sisters children. Since her cousin Jane now wants them after finding out she is barren. Upon arrival The Duke of Wyatthaven finds Miss Hale with her own agenda in regards to a husband and she isn’t even expecting him. No she is busy interviewing men she already knows for the job of her husband. But when these two meet they both experience a strange and immediate connection. Miss Fredericka Hale can’t believe her eyes and ears that the commanding and dashing rake that she has read all about in the pink pages, living a devil- may-care life is here to propose to her. While the Duke is taken back by her beauty and intelligence. He quickly strikes a deal of a wedding of convenience between the two. She will stay in the country with the children, while he returns to London after their marriage, making sure no one can take the children away from her while he will continue on with his normal life. Sure in time it may become a real marriage when he is ready for an heir but that is in the future. But when her selfish cousin Jane continues to try to get the children, the new Duchess takes the children to London for the Dukes help. Once there the heat and the memories of the passionate kisses on their wedding day, makes it harder and harder to stay away from each other. This story was overflowing with delicious, expectant sensations of pleasure,and romance that will have your heart pounding in your chest and hearts in your eyes. Loved it, I am eagerly waiting for the rest in this series!! Received and early copy and this is my honest review.

Wyatt gets Frederica to marry him so they can help each other obtain what they want. Soon feelings and 3 adorable children start to make chaos that they weren’t prepared for.

2-2.5 Stars! I honestly wasn’t crazy about this one. This is the first book in a new series, ‘Say I Do’, and can be read as a standalone. The main characters were Wyatt & Fredericka. For the most part, I liked Wyatt, though he did seem selfish in the beginning but he seemed to grow throughout the book. Fredericka was a different story. She seemed too strict and too babying of the children and took EVERYTHING Wyatt said the wrong way. She gave ME a headache with all the misconstruing she was doing. She came off as a harping, nagging, know it all ‘female dog’ & I just didn’t like her. That these two opposites seemed to fall in “love” wasn’t believable. It seemed more like it was just lust since they were mostly arguing when they did talk & lust alone does not a strong, happy, healthy relationship make. A lot of poetry and talk about poetry. I’m not a big fan of it but I digress. *I received this at no charge & I voluntarily left this review.*

I love historical romances. And I’m a big fan of Amelia Grey. So I was quite interested in reading this. Two people who need a marriage of convenience for very different reasons, and let’s just say, it doesn’t always go smoothly. But where there’s a will (and heart) there’s a way