After a night of debauchery fueled by absinthe, the Royal Entourage is in trouble with the public and with the Prince Regent (even though he participated with them). Prinny is determined to punished, and since Alex, Duke of Kress, brought the drinks, he's the first one banished to Cornwall where he must find a wife. Arriving there, he finds Roxanne Vanderhaven, Countess of Paxton, hanging from a cliff (a la Thomas Hardy) and rescues her. Roxanne's husband left her there and assumes she fell to her death. She wants to find out why he wants to murder her, and Alex wants to find a way out of his current dilemma with the Prince Regent.
I read the second book of the series first by mistake, but it was fine though I'd recommend reading them in order. Roxanne and Alex are a fun couple, and their exploits make for fun reading. The secondary characters are also interesting though there's so many, it can be confusing. The plot was a bit loose in places, but mostly hung together and the story is so entertaining the small lapses don't matter. It's definitely a fun series, one I'll be following. ( )

This was a little unexpected. Grittier than many of the historicals in this vein, with less virginity as central and more interaction as central. And enough hinting at the storylines of secondary characters, that one fully expects several a series. A very solid read! ( )

Ms. Nash’s new series The Royal Entourage starts off with a premise that six bachelor dukes of the royal entourage spent one night celebrating the upcoming nuptials of one of them, got so wasted that none could remember the scandal they created for not just themselves, but for their Prince Regent as well. Well, said Prince Regent has just about had enough of their debauchery [and never you mind that he himself was present at the time] and to punish one wouldn’t do, so he decides he would punish all six.

First up is Duke of Kress who is now under royal orders to go back to his dilapidated Cornwall castle, try to make it livable and find a bride, post-haste.

In his wildest dreams, Alex could not have dreamt that his future bride would be one Roxanne, who he rescues from the certain death as she hangs from the side of a sea cliff determined to find out why would the man she’s married to try to murder her.

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Mel

*Copy provided by AVON publisher through Edelweiss* ( )

lovely, witty, light read! review soon! ( )

Loved, loved, loved this book! The quirky charachters, witty dialog, just all around fantastic book! ( )