Review: The Beautiful Botanist and the Duke
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
Drake, Duke of Manchester, had to take over his duties sooner then what he had planned.  He decided to look for a wife this Season to fulfill the duties as Duchess. He wasn't interested in love. This gave his character a cold hearted feeling at first. The responsibilities of being Duke so early and trying to  see that his unmarried sisters found husbands  this Season were making him forget how to relax and have fun and love.Penelope Clayton, a woman Botanist, not acceptable officially in that time, was sent by her aunt to attend the Season balls and find a husband. Penelope, just wanted to stay in the country and dig in the dirt and find new plants. She did not want a husband or love either. She seemed to get very nervous and clumsy around high society and especially  when around Drake.Every time the Duke and Penelope were around each other things would happen that neither of them understood. Was the Drake trying to protect Penelope or was it a deeper feeling, he didn't want to have that was making him think of her all of the time.Would feelings they both didn't want end up throwing them together or would they separate them for good.I really enjoyed this second book in this series. I could feel Penelope's insecurity with being in high fashion formal society and her just wanting to be back in the country in her own comfort zone working outside with her plants. The story held my attention and made me laugh  and I couldn't put it down.