Blog Tour and Review: The Duke Meets His Match

by Karen Tuft

Publisher : Covenant Communications, Inc. (December 1, 2020)
Language: English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 1524414557
ISBN-13 : 978-1524414559

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At thirty years of age, Susan Jennings has long been considered a spinster. Exceptionally intelligent, she has little tolerance for London and the dreaded Season̵if that’s how one is expected to find love, it’s not for her. But when an invitation arrives that cannot be ignored, Susan leaves her comfortable life in the country and enters the fashion and frivolity she most despises. She quickly discovers, however, that there is more to loathe in London—and his name is George Kendall.

George, Duke of Aylesham, has learned to keep his distance from cloying females chasing the title of duchess. Susan Jennings, however, proves an entirely different challenge—a woman who has pushed him to the limit of his patience with their every encounter. But their simmering hostility is disrupted by a thoughtless slipup: to avoid a marriage of political strategy, George claims he is already betrothed. And when pressed for the name of the lucky woman, only one name comes to mind: Susan’s. Their forced betrothal proves advantageous, but when their verbal sparring must change in order to be convincing, the line between fact and fiction becomes blurred by something neither expected: love.

Susan Jennings and George Kendall, The Duke of Aylesham, have had one bad meeting after another before the Duke puts them in a situation where they must marry.

Their first conversations with each other have been fairly volatile. The title of this book is so appropriate for their relationship. This is definitely an enemies to lovers book.

The Duke has been living in high society for years and is used to the mask he has had to put on. Susan is new to the attention and has trouble with it. Even though it doesn’t look like they have much in common, and there is a lot of tension, I love that they communicate with each other when they have a problem. I just wish they had shared more about their lives with each other. They both have gone through bad previous relationships, and I was waiting for them to share that with each other and connect over it.

Aunt Margaret and Foster are as cute as ever in this book.

I look forward to reading more of Karen Tuft’s books.