Book Review: The Heiress gets a Duke by Harper St. George

 The Heiress gets a Duke

by Harper St. George

Release Date: January 26, 2021

Source: Own Copy

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Even a fortune forged in railroads and steel can't buy entrance into the upper echelons of Victorian high society--for that you need a marriage of convenience.

American heiress August Crenshaw has aspirations. But unlike her peers, it isn't some stuffy British Lord she wants wrapped around her finger--it's Crenshaw Iron Works, the family business. When it's clear that August's outrageously progressive ways render her unsuitable for a respectable match, her parents offer up her younger sister to the highest entitled bidder instead. This simply will not do. August refuses to leave her sister to the mercy of a loveless marriage.

Evan Sterling, the Duke of Rothschild, has no intention of walking away from the marriage. He's recently inherited the title only to find his coffers empty, and with countless lives depending on him, he can't walk away from the fortune a Crenshaw heiress would bring him. But after meeting her fiery sister, he realizes Violet isn't the heiress he wants. He wants August, and he always gets what he wants.

But August won't go peacefully to her fate. She decides to show Rothschild that she's no typical London wallflower. Little does she realize that every stunt she pulls to make him call off the wedding only makes him like her even more.

In the beginning of this book I really was loving it, but it slowly went down hill. We follow August who is an American Heiress and she doesn't want to marry any one. But when she goes to an underground fight club in London she ends up kissing one of the fighters. She later finds out that he is a Duke and needs to find a wife. Evan sets his sights on August and knows that he wants her for himself. 

One of things I did really like about this book was the couple's chemistry. They had some hot passion for each other. But otherwise I got annoyed with August for not compromising with Evan and just not knowing enough about Evan as a person. And I think in the end, Evan did not grovel enough for what he did. 

This book had a great set up, but didn't live up to the beginning.