Robert has been given some information that would indicate that Lucy didn’t accidentally drown as they had at first believed, but was murdered. Lucy was young, vibrant and everything he had ever hoped for in a wife, but instead of marrying him, she wedded James Breckenridge, the earl of Coldfell, a man well past being old enough to be her father. In fact, this book could have been called A Tale of Two Classes.Īs the story opens, we meet our hero, Robert Knight, Duke of Hawkscliffe, a man grief stricken over the death of his lady love – who, at the time of her passing, was married to another man. We see more clearly what life was like for this those who have and those have naught, and what that means to the people of both ranks. We’re given a closer look than we usually get in historical romance novels, at English society’s rules and class structure. The Duke is not merely a romance novel, it’s a truly wonderful love story, rich in detail and emotionally compelling characters.

This was my first read of author Gaelen Foley and I was more than pleasantly surprised, I was WOW’ed and am finding myself, once again, indebted to my Goodreads friends who encouraged me to read this book. (See She is hard at work on her next book.ĥ+ Stars!! The Duke has earned a place of honor on my keepers bookshelf! Gaelen lives in western Pennsylvania with her college-sweetheart husband, Eric, a schoolteacher, with whom she co-writes middle grade fantasy adventure novels under the pen-name, E.G. It was here, while studying the Romantic poets, such as Wordsworth, Byron, and Keats that she first fell in love with the Regency period in which her novels are set.

in English literature with a minor in Philosophy from the State University of New York, College at Fredonia, a quaint lakeside village where Mark Twain once owned a home. Her books are available in sixteen languages and have won numerous genre awards, such as the Bookseller's Best, the NJRW Golden Leaf (three times), the CRW Award of Excellence, the National Reader's Choice Award, the Beacon, and the Holt Medallion.Ī Pennsylvania native, Gaelen holds a B.A. Gaelen Foley is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of twenty historical romances set in the glittering world of Regency England.

The duke by gaelen foley