when a duke loves a woman by lorraine heath

The man’s attackers flee into the night, and Gillie is able to bring the stranger inside and begin caring for his many wounds. When Gillie witnesses a well-dressed man being beaten and robbed in the alley behind her tavern, she hurries to his rescue.

She knows polite society would be appalled at the very thought of a woman of good breeding working in such an environment, but the practical, level-headed Gillie has no reason to concern herself with what the upper class thinks. Her family is extremely close-knit, and she owns a successful tavern, making her an independent woman. Gillie Trewlove leads what she considers to be a perfectly good life. I guess this author is just not for me.When a Duke Loves a Woman, book two in Lorraine Heath’s Sins for All Seasons series, is the story of the unlikely pairing of a duke and a tavern owner. Heath's historicals in the past and felt the same way about the books, just meh, but then I try again with the same result.

Then there's a crisis at a ball, then everyone, even the haughty mother, change their minds around again, even though none of the underlying circumstances have changed. His mother doesn't like her because he needs to marry and get an heir on someone who's legitimate and of his class. He's a duke, she's a bastard left on a doorstep in Whitechapel. It seemed very slow and not much happens except a lot of angst about their stations in life. An attraction grows up between the two, but they are from two very different backgrounds.This story was just okay. Thorne was there to look for the woman who left him at the altar, and Gillie agrees to help him. When Thorne, Duke of Thornley, is attacked and left for dead on Gillie Trewlove's tavern steps, she takes him in and nurses him back to health. Thorne, however, is determined to prove to her that no obstacle is insurmountable when a duke loves a woman. Yet Gillie knows the aristocracy would never accept a duchess born in sin. But every moment together is edged with desire and has Thorne rethinking his choice of wife.

After nursing him back from the brink, Gillie agrees to help him comb London's darker corners for his wayward bride. īeing left at the altar is humiliating being rescued from thugs by a woman-albeit a brave and beautiful one-is the pi èce de résistance to the Duke of Thornley's extraordinarily bad day.

He's a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesn't belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillie's bed. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her door-or the alleyway by her tavern-Gillie doesn't hesitate. Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger's kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there.

When a duke loves a woman by lorraine heath