Let Sleeping Dukes Lie

**THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE EBOOK AND NOT THE AUDIOBOOK.*** Alexander Westhide, the Duke of Rakecombe, has decided his country and keeping Napoleon out of power is more important than his ever-growing desire for the Irish lass Aideen Quinlan. Aideen, on the other hand cannot wait to find ways to be in Alexander’s presence to feed her growing fascination with him. The Duke of Rakecombe has prided himself on his cold calculating manner of handling members of the ton, specifically power-hungry mothers, and their insipid daughters. However, none of his training as a Duke or a government agent prepared him for a free spirit like Aideen. This novel was recommended to me via Bookbub. It was free on Kindle Unlimited, so I jumped at the chance for a good historical romance. This is the first novel I have read by this author and the first novel I have read in this four-novel series. This novel was surprisingly humorous and entertaining. The cover photo is what drew me in because it seemed dark and menacing. The combination of Alex’s strait-laced English peerage behavior and Aideen’s wild Irish curses, with a bit of quaintness and devilry of secondary characters, this novel was a page turner. I did not have to read the previous novels in the series to understand the plot of this novel. I genuinely enjoyed Jack, the Marquess and felt he added more depth to the couple. I mean who does not like a meddling secondary character that makes things worse instead of better. I am interested to read his novel, which is the next in this series. I must say I did figure out the identity of Stafford’s butler early in the novel. Otherwise this novel was beautifully written, entertaining, and interesting. The story did end with a HEA, Alex and Aideen style of course. The only question I have is why were all nine of Mary’s illegitimate children blind?