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You know those Regency stories in which the H is constantly trying to avoid the parson's mousetrap? His mama, aunts, and sisters try to convince him to marry at last, and sometimes, things get so bad that the poor H is actually trapped into marriage by some piece of baggage intent on becoming a duchess or countess. Meet such a piece of baggage- the h of this story. Yes, she successfully maneuvers an eligible duke into a compromising position, forcing him to offer her marriage. Six years pass by, in which the h enjoys peace and quiet, not to mention a very comfortable life- and the bonus is... the duke is never around! When the duke dies, she accepts with calm determination the fact that she has won. She now has her freedom, her title, sympathy as a widow, and all the money she would need to continue to live life to the fullest.

Her world turns upside down in the first few pages of the novel as she listens to the now deceased duke's will being read out loud, along with her in-laws. It seems that the duke was even more resourceful and wily than she herself! She is NOT a duchess after all, the late duke was already married to someone else at the time of her own marriage to him. And what is more, he left behind a son with his true duchess, who is now duke!

The h leaves the room, in shock after hearing the reading of the will and meeting the real dowager duchess and the new duke, as the plain "miss" she was before her arrival to the duke's home those six year prior. She is in disgrace. Not because the ton blames her automatically for the scandal- after all the duke took part in it as well before his death- but because everyone knows that she forced him into the marriage. The scandal is of her own making.

What follows is the story of how she picks up the pieces of her shattered life. She is a unique h. She admits to being selfish and self-centered. She has hurt people, including an innocent woman who had planned to marry someone she loved, but because of the plot the h hatched, had to marry someone else. It is the story of her attempt at atonement.

Very enjoyable novel and nice to see characters with some meat to them- suffering from real problems of their own making. Overall, I really liked the story. There were some formatting issues- it changes throughout the novel. Also, a duchess is referred to as "Lady Whatever". She is not to be called "Lady Whatever", it is for example, Mary, Duchess of Kent or the Duchess of Kent, or Her Grace, the Duchess of Kent. Servants would call her "Your Grace" and refer to her as "Her Grace" when speaking about her. Her peers would refer to her as duchess. She is a Lady, but cannot be addressed with any title other than duchess or Your Grace.


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Her Grace in Disgrace The Widows of Woburn Place Ms Claudia Harbaugh 9781490341682 Books Reviews

If you're looking for something fast-moving and action-filled, then I do not recommend this book to you. It moves at the speed of a Jane Austen novel. If you're looking for a children's/fairy tale romance, I also do not recommend this book. It is pretty clean--no language, no sex (open- or closed-door), nothing supernatural, and without a specific religious bent, although it does contain some Biblical allusions and references. This review does not contain outright spoilers. However, it does give indications of how the story goes.

Most of the characters are most human and fallible. The one who isn't is not an Anglican. This will, no doubt, sound a bit racist to at least some readers of this review, but I have to say that because she is Hispanic (specifically a Spaniard) I find her unfailing kindness, willingness to overlook the faults of others and extraordinarily forgiving and generous spirit easier to swallow based on the many years I have spent involved in various Hispanic communities. To some she might have come across as saintly; to me it seemed that she could have had many faults without having any that the story brought to light. Most of the other characters are dynamic to varying degrees. Two breathtakingly, but not entirely unbelievably, reform, (the reformation of one of which, I'm assuming, will be much better showcased in a sequel than it is in this book) and others reform to lesser degrees. As I read, I kept feeling the impossibility of such a book having been written in 1817, not because I feel that the mentality represented couldn't have existed privately or individually but because I feel that it couldn't have existed collectively with all the social taboos of the day.

I found the social reform represented in it inspiring and arising fairly naturally, the characters more realistic than is typical of a novel, and very much to my taste. I saw one review complaining that the hero wasn't nice or likable. That wasn't how I felt about him at all. I concede that he was not, in the beginning, very nice to the heroine, but then I felt that at the time she got exactly the kind of treatment her conduct deserved. To make him not very nice, while admittedly not soothing the feelings of somebody who was in distress, was to make him more believable. I also felt that the fact that they could act that way toward each other and later resolve their differences and misunderstandings was very promising for their ability to create their own happily ever after. I felt that he contrasted very favorably with his rival, who WAS nice and pleasant to the heroine at a time when she was looking to be soothed; so it is most understandable that she falls for him. Nevertheless she is forced to see the folly of putting too much stock in another person being nice to you. He had motives that she, once she grasped them, (also understandably) found unpalatable, and he did not reform, although he forced the hero to take a good look at his own motives and intentions to good effect.

I enjoyed the interactions between people I saw as progressive thinkers and those who allowed society to dictate their personal opinions.

To date, there is no sequel to this book. I look forward to a sequel, not because of any particular cliffhangers (the story is fairly self-contained) but because I enjoyed it and would like it to keep going. I also appreciate the fact that the author wants to make this book the best it can be and still accepts feedback about it. I hope you have found this review helpful.
You know those Regency stories in which the H is constantly trying to avoid the parson's mousetrap? His mama, aunts, and sisters try to convince him to marry at last, and sometimes, things get so bad that the poor H is actually trapped into marriage by some piece of baggage intent on becoming a duchess or countess. Meet such a piece of baggage- the h of this story. Yes, she successfully maneuvers an eligible duke into a compromising position, forcing him to offer her marriage. Six years pass by, in which the h enjoys peace and quiet, not to mention a very comfortable life- and the bonus is... the duke is never around! When the duke dies, she accepts with calm determination the fact that she has won. She now has her freedom, her title, sympathy as a widow, and all the money she would need to continue to live life to the fullest.

Her world turns upside down in the first few pages of the novel as she listens to the now deceased duke's will being read out loud, along with her in-laws. It seems that the duke was even more resourceful and wily than she herself! She is NOT a duchess after all, the late duke was already married to someone else at the time of her own marriage to him. And what is more, he left behind a son with his true duchess, who is now duke!

The h leaves the room, in shock after hearing the reading of the will and meeting the real dowager duchess and the new duke, as the plain "miss" she was before her arrival to the duke's home those six year prior. She is in disgrace. Not because the ton blames her automatically for the scandal- after all the duke took part in it as well before his death- but because everyone knows that she forced him into the marriage. The scandal is of her own making.

What follows is the story of how she picks up the pieces of her shattered life. She is a unique h. She admits to being selfish and self-centered. She has hurt people, including an innocent woman who had planned to marry someone she loved, but because of the plot the h hatched, had to marry someone else. It is the story of her attempt at atonement.

Very enjoyable novel and nice to see characters with some meat to them- suffering from real problems of their own making. Overall, I really liked the story. There were some formatting issues- it changes throughout the novel. Also, a duchess is referred to as "Lady Whatever". She is not to be called "Lady Whatever", it is for example, Mary, Duchess of Kent or the Duchess of Kent, or Her Grace, the Duchess of Kent. Servants would call her "Your Grace" and refer to her as "Her Grace" when speaking about her. Her peers would refer to her as duchess. She is a Lady, but cannot be addressed with any title other than duchess or Your Grace.