Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of The Runaway Duke

The Runaway Duke
The Runaway Duke
Author: Julie Anne Long
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Paperback
reviewed on + 475 more book reviews


No one could ever accuse Rebecca Tremaine of being a proper young lady. Shes wretched at embroidery, pitiful at the pianoforte, and entirely too informed about the human body, courtesy of her fathers Scientific Journals. And now shes been compromised by a dandy she despises! When her parents arrange a hasty marriage to save her honor, there is only one man she can turn to for help.
Nobody has any idea that Irish groom Connor Riordan is actually the fifth Duke of Dunbrooke, "killed" in action at Waterloo, and he wants it to stay that way. But a true gentleman can never turn away from a damsel in distress. Soon Connor and Rebecca dash away and into a world of adventure, where they are pursued by bumbling highwaymen, a scheming duchess, and Rebeccas fiancé.

Being by the side of the beautiful and desirable Rebecca jeopardizes Connors secret every dayand tests his willpower every night. For if ever there was a reason to bring the Duke of Dunbrooke back from the dead, it would be to make Ms. Tremaine his Duchess!