Review: The Duke' s Obsession (Entangled Scandalous)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
The heroine is a beautiful, intelligent, mathematical whiz and American.  Her mother was daughter to an English Lord but she entered a love match with a rich American merchant.  While her mother had passed on, her father was still living and she had a brother and one brother who was killed during the capture and impression just prior to the War of 1812.  Daphne worked with her father and brother in their maritime business sailing supplies back and forth to America.They had traveled to England without their father to visit their mother's family and to get to know their cousins.  They also wanted to increase shipments and build business.They met Edward, Duke of Warick about a contract for his business.  His man was trying to cheat the Americans by changing figures after they agreed to terms and had only to sign the document.  Daphne found the error that morning when she fist was given a copy to read and stormed in.  Her brother had read the contract the night before and also slotted the error.  Later she found that his man was skimming  off over $#100,000 a year (pounds)and brought it to Warick' s  attention.Daphne did not care much for the English who thought they were better than others, especially the nobility.  She was still angry about the death of her brother by a cruel English Commander.  Edward had a connection to that ship.There are opportunities to meet others and she and Edward seem attracted to one another.  However she did n' t yet know of the Duke 's involvement.  She was told by a Duke who kept trying to place her in jeopardy by trying to get her alone and who needed money because of his failure at the gaming tables.  He was also in cahoots with the Duke 's former agent for business.  This was at a time when many Lord's thought it an insult to work anything but the land.  To be a merchant was for a lower society.You will need to read to see the intrigue, the drama, the romance and the hurt or damaged hearts.  Can a feisty American who helps run a shopping business be  interested in an English Duke and desert her country or forgive for whatever his involvement in the death of her brother might be?  I recommend this read.