Review: Traditional Regency laced with warmth, humor, and hope
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2013
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. - AristotleThe Duke of Stratton is the ideal man in Regency society.  Despite Stratton's anger towards his father for gambling away Stratton's future, he bears the consequences with dignity and grace.  Stratton fulfills an obligation to marry Eva Winchcomb to prove that his father could not take away his honor.Eva finds herself jumping from the frying pan into the fire with her marriage to Stratton.  While she is relieved to leave her father's abuse, Eva finds her new husband angry and cold.  Eva may be a commoner, but she too bears dignity and grace as she rusticates in the country as an unbedded bride.  Yet these two unlikely lovers discover an unexpected spark of passion as they find their own HEA.DUCHESS BY CHANCE delivers a fast paced story line that still gave me the opportunity to savor the characters' emotional vulnerabilities.  The secondary characters are the topping on this delicious Regency romp with their witty dialogue!  Recommended read for those who enjoy traditional Regency novels with historically correct mannerisms.I received an ecopy of DUCHESS BY CHANCE from the author for an impartial review.