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Thanks to @readforeverpub for sending me a copy of The Worst Duke in London by Amalie Howard, out September 24th! The third book in the Taming of the Duke series is a 10 Things I Hate About You inspired tale which follows Evangeline, a strong willed (shock) independent (horror) head of an animal rescue, and Gage, a boxer and newly minted Duke who is trying to square his debts in the wake of his brother’s death. Society has declared that Evangeline is Not Like Other Girls (derogatory) but Gage, who was raised in Scotland and doesn’t fuck with the ton, immediately decides that Evangeline is Not Like Other Girls (complimentary) except he’s not supposed to be thinking about her at all for Reasons. I don’t love a deception plot but I think that it’s done well here, with characters that make it work, and a MMC who is so down bad that everyone is like eh, I’ll allow it. There were so many moments in this book that felt like winks from Howard to her romance reading audience; it feels like her love letter to the genre. I said after book two that I was left disappointed that the villain didn’t get what was coming to him, and Amalie Howard listened because that was not the case here! I feel like each book in this series gets stronger and stronger and I know Briar is soooo in for it in her book and I can *not* wait! 📸: I’m holding up a kindle displaying the ebook cover of The Worst Duke in London. via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/C_QTYT2ghcW/