Review: Romeo and Juliet Type Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
TAKEN BY THE DUKE is the first book in the Pleasure Wars series.  It is the story of two families that have been at war for so long that no one knows why.  The war has come to a crisis in the current generation with the death of Christian, the Duke of Rothcastle's sister. He blames Liam, the Earl of Windbury, for her death and seeks his revenge by kidnapping Liam's sister, Lady Ava.  He intends to ruin her through the kidnapping, but ends up wanting her and making a bargain: her agreement to engage in a sexual relationship with him in exchange for not going after her brother.I enjoyed this book.  The story is not complex and the characters are not particularly deep, but the story is interesting and the book is hot.  I enjoyed the characters and it was a good read.  I liked how Christian, consumed by grief, takes actions that he is ashamed of from the beginning even though he continues with them.  Ava is bold and refuses to allow herself to be a pawn in the family feud.  I look forward to the other books in the series.