Review: A MUST READ!! HOT, STEAMY, QUIRKY, HILARIOUS ADVENTURE!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
I was totally HONORED and HUMBLED by Callie Hutton with an advance copy of her upcoming new release THE DUKE'S QUANDARY, the second book in THE MARRIAGE MART MAYHEM series. It was a hero and heroine who could not be more different from each other. Penelope Clayton is a plant crazy, klutzy, glass wearing, muddy hem, nervous and shy woman who has been living by herself with her plants for 3 years after the death of her father. The hero is Drake who is the Duke of Manchester. He is a serious, stuffy and loves his family of crazy women. He has an energetic, loving and easygoing mom. He also has 4 unmarried sisters, Abigail, twins Sybil and Sarah and baby Mary and another sister Marion who has been her room for 2 years grieving for lost at sea hubby. Drake has been trying to fill his father's huge shoes and feel his is failing. He thinks if he married the "Prefect Duchess" that he will be able to fill those shoes easier. THIS IS HOW P MET D; Drake and his family are at the front door as a great wind enters followed by Penelope. She has her hair half up and down, dirt on her face, glasses falling down her nose, a pelisse missed buttoned and is clutching a wrapped up plant with dirt falling on the floor. She sees everyone, whips off her glasses, curtsied and threw her hand and dirt out and says, "How do you do?" Then she freaks out and flees. Drake chases and catches her down the street and in that one moment his embraced her tender heart and his heart could not let her go. This story has so many elements that make it AWESOME LOVE STORY!! Here are just a few of those elements, a perfect Lady Daphne, evil Lady Sirey, klutzy moments, super hot kisses, hilarious klutzy scenes, heart melting ``love, a compromised situation, semi-forced marriage, fire extinguisher worthy scenes. I give this book my highest rating of 5 fingers up and 10 toes!! I also warn readers to stock up on fire extinguishers before reading this book!!