Grace Burrowes
Auteur de The Heir
A propos de l'auteur
Grace Burrowes spent a lot of time early in life reading romance novels. In college, while still voraciously reading romance, she supported herself by teaching piano and accompanying ballet classes. After graduation she became a technical writer and an editor. A demanding job that left enough time afficher plus to read many, many romance novels - and grab a law degree through an evening program. Despite becoming a single mom and practicing law in a small town, through all of Grace's ups and downs, she'd was a relentless reader of romance authors like Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Judith Ivory, Mary Balogh, Loretta Chase, Eloisa James and many others. Late one night, while preparing "some Motion or other" she recalled that in her briefcase was a book she'd been saving to read on a hard day. Grace promised to read just one chapter but another thought kept intruding as I read that one chapter, "I bet I could¿." So she wrote a romance novel. That book became Gareth: Lord of Rakes, and opened the door to the sheer bliss of writing historical romance. She wrote and wrote and wrote eventually becoming a published author. Grace Burrowes writes the Duke's Obsession, Windham Sisters, MacGregors, Lonely Lords, Captive Hearts, Sweetest Kisses, True Gentlemen, Jaded Gentlemen, and Windham Brides Series as well as being a contributing author in many collections. Grace co-wrote Highland Holidays Series with Patience Griffin and wrote The Cowboy Wore a Kilt in the Kindle Worlds: Blame it on Texas Series. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Grace Burrowes
The Courtship [and] The Duke and His Duchess [The Windham Ducal Novella Duet] (2015) — Auteur — 58 exemplaires
The Ducal Gift / The Christmas Carriage 9 exemplaires
The Virtuoso (Windham 3) 9 exemplaires
Morgan & Archer [and] Jonathan & Amy [and] Mary Fran & Matthew [3 Novellas in One Volume] (2015) — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
A Duke Walked into a House Party (May I Have This Duke / The Duke of My Dreams) (2020) 7 exemplaires
Marquess of Mistletoe 6 exemplaires
The Dreadful Duke (The Bad Heir Day Tales Book 1) 3 exemplaires
Forever and a duke 3 exemplaires
Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal: Windham Series, Book 5 1 exemplaire
The Virtuoso (in "Duke's Obsession Bundle") 1 exemplaire
The Duke and the April Flowers 1 exemplaire
Highland Holidays: Four Scottish Contemporary Novellas — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Rogues to Riches Box Set Books 1-3: Regency Romance 1 exemplaire
The Loneliest Lords 1 exemplaire
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- Autres noms
- Burrowes, Grace
- Date de naissance
- 20th Century
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Professions
- writer
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 157
- Membres
- 9,247
- Popularité
- #2,602
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 519
- ISBN
- 640
- Langues
- 9
- Favoris
- 5
Lord Julian, who has solved several mysteries lately, has been summoned to the estate of Osgood Banter to solve the disappearance of a large, prized, foxhound named Thales. Yes, we have the case of the Purloined Puppy. However, when he arrives at the estate and meets all the players, Lord Julian realizes there is much more to solve than a missing canine. Tensions are high – both on the estate and in the surrounding village. It seems the dog’s owner is not greatly esteemed by any of the residents – at home or in the village. So, if Thales's owner – Anaximander (Nax) Silforth (I know, it is a mouthful, right?) is so disliked by everyone, why is Osgood Banter leaving Nax in total charge of his vast, wealthy estate while he travels the continent? Hmmmm – you will just need to read the story to see, but it is a doozie!
In this book, we have a bit less page time with Arthur, the Duke of Waltham (Julian’s brother), Hyperia (Perry) West (Julian’s love interest), Lady Ophelia (Julian’s Godmother), and Atticus, Julian’s pint-sized outspoken Tiger. They were there but just didn’t have a lot of page time. I really love it when Julian and Perry are bouncing thoughts and ideas off each other.
Trigger warnings – the Duke of Waltham and Osgood Banter are male lovers. I love their relationship as it is longstanding, true, mature, and thoughtful – and that is what is focused on. I also love that the author depicts what a same-gender couple had to deal with during that time rather than writing like it was all buttercups, unicorns, and roses with everyone accepting and celebrating the relationship. Being in a same-gender relationship during that time often got you hanged, but if it didn’t, you were socially ostracized by all levels of society. This author shows that without being preachy about it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and all of the others in the series. I am already anxiously awaiting the next book, A Gentleman In Search of A Wife . Happy Reading!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.… (plus d'informations)