Stay cool and calculating! Stay the course!

No Ordinary Duchess (Greycourt #3) by Elizabeth Hoyt       

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Lady Elspeth de Moray met a stranger in the Duke of Windermere’s library. When voices were heard outside the stranger whipped her up to an upper area to hide. What’s happening?

Well, apart from the fact that Elspeth liked the smell and feel of him and actually sniffed him! Yes, that’s right sniffed him! That was the first meeting between Elspeth and Julian Greycourt, the duke’s nephew and heir. Oh, and it turns out Elspeth’s brother Ran is Julian’s enemy!

Elspeth has come to England from Scotland to search the Greycourt libraries. She  belongs to a secret organization that helps females, the Wise Women. However the Hags have become fearful. They have closed ranks and are withdrawing. Elspeth believes that’s wrong and is looking for their founder’s writings, Maighread’s diary. 

Julian is also searching for notes, his mother’s diary. He believes it contains evidence of his morally corrupt and despicable uncle’s habits and practices, from trade to straight out killing.

Julian maintains an outward appearance of coldness, of unemtionalism. He must. He can’t let his uncle have any hold over him.

Of course the two join forces at some stage and of course they’re attracted, nay obsessed with each other. Their sexual interaction might seem different, certainly Julian is afraid of being exposed.

It’s ironic that Julian’s Dominatrix sexual proclivities are seen as depraved by a society that’s rife with depravity.

Another fascinating addition to the Greycourt series.

A Forever ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.