Scheming with My Duke

Serenity Drake is a time-traveler who went back in time so that her sister, Genevieve, could return to her own time to save their other sister, Peyton. But Serenity fell in love and decided to stay in the Duke’s time period. She had to be cautious, coming from the future, not to make any type of changes that could alter history, so she was always guarding her words and actions, while still reflecting the stronger personality of today’s woman rather than docile personality of the Regency era. Brandon Bennet, the Duke of Branterberry, has a young son to care for and accepts Serenity in the governess role for his son. Brandon is attracted to her, but his former marriage was not a good one and he elected to stay single. Because he was a spy for England, he knows he should not take on a wife. But his attraction to her makes that a difficult choice. Will he have to one day choose? Could he give up his love for this woman for the sake of his country? The story is a good one, with emotions easily felt from the characters. Interspersing human in the story definitely makes it even better for the reader, to keep things light and to show how the characters respond to each other. Grab your copy and enjoy a wonderful story with a bit of the paranormal to make it just different enough to be special!

Scheming With My Duke is book number nine in the Linked Across Time series. Although I've only read a few of the books in the series I have enjoyed them all. In this book Serenity travels from the 21 century to the 19th century to save the life of her sister and along the way she met and fell in love with Brandon. This is a quick, entertaining read filled with great characters, romance, twists, intrigue and a great ending.

What can I say about this book? It is a stand alone in the sense you can follow the story but we keep hearing names that aren’t in the story and don’t really seem necessary. What are all these special powers that Serenity has. References to the twenty first century drop in and out randomly. The story itself is fun with Serenity and Brandon seemingly at odds most of the time. This one is a just okay for me. I received a free copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review.