Review: The Duke's Derringer Nuptials
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
Sebastian the Duke needs (as they all do), an heir.  Lady Jocelyn needs - well, that's a little more complicated.  Somehow, she feels like it's her responsibility to take care of a whole bunch of things, including putting a roof over her siblings'  heads, food on their table, clothes...  Just what has removed her still present father as the responsible party is never really resolved, but that is not an important factor.This is a book that revolves tightly around two figures:  Sebastian and Jocelyn.  Of these, Jocelyn is a more complex, and a more detailed character.  She is depicted as fire, while by implication, Sebastian is ice.  However, Sebastian is a character with significantly less development, apparently slightly stunted emotionally by events in his childhood.  While he understands what he needs in terms of a success, he has less understanding of what he needs from a wife.  His education on this subject creates and drives this pleasant, fast-paced story.  The story includes several judiciously place do wesex-scenes, and a touch of very light humor, as well as some violence, both actual and implied.