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Living the Fairytale: A Book Review of Romancing the Duke

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--This review contains spoilers-- Tessa Dare's Romancing the Duke tells the tale of Isolde Ophelia Goodnight whose father leaves her destitute because he failed to revise his will before his passing. Isolde, who goes by Izzy, grew up believing in fairytales, but now at the age of 26, she is sure she is destined for spinsterhood. She receives a letter from her godfather's solicitor who tells her that she has inherited the ruin called Gostley Castle.  However, the dashing Ransom William Dacre Vane, the eleventh Duke of Rothbury, claims he is the current owner and the castle was never sold to Izzy's godfather. Ransom has been living in his decrepit castle with an injury that left him blind, so for many months, he has been unaware of his thieving solicitors who have been committing fraud since he cannot read his mail or review his finances without help. Until the matter of ownership is resolved, Izzy is determined to remain in the castle despite Ransom's attempts to fright

Find a New Read: (Book) Blogger Confessions Tag

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Source:  https://unsplash.com/photos/zjV8ptYgcEo So, I've been following a bunch of Booktubers for a while now, and I have seen them do tags in their videos, so I thought I'd give it a try. I saw a tag on _Lindsayreads  called Book Blogger Confessions and thought I'd give it a go.  QUESTION 1: Which Book, Most Recently, Did You Not Finish? I have a Did Not Finish (DNF) pile, but I am determined to finish them, I swear! I am such a mood reader. I've started: Erebus by Michael Palin ( I have read The Terror by Dan Simmons, which was awesome and at times a bit gruesome) Everything All at Once by Bill Nye (the Science Guy) The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft D'Art et de Sang by Benjamin Faucon QUESTION 2: Which Book Is Your Guilty Pleasure? It's not in my nature to reread books that I love and keep, although, I keep the ones I love just in case I do want to reread them. Did that make sense? The only candidate, aside from my Nancy Drew co