When the Duke Returns (Desperate Duchesses)
*Starred Review* Eleven years after their wedding by proxy, Lady Isidore, Duchess of Cosway, finally meets her husband, Simeon Jermyn, Duke of Cosway.&#xA0;Simeon had left England&#xA0;for a life of adventure and travel in the Middle East and India. Now he has returned and intends to&#xA0;&#x201C;claim&#x201D; his wife. Isidore had hoped for a&#xA0;genuine marriage, but Simeon is nothing like what she expected. Not only does her surprisingly sexy husband have the audacity to comment on her lack of domestic skills but&#xA0;he seems more than willing to give Isidore an annulment if she wishes to end their marriage. But Isidore isn&#x2019;t about to give up on her dreams of a life together, and she is willing to fight anyone, including Simeon, to see them fulfilled. James puts a clever spin on a classic romantic plot in the latest scintillating&#xA0;installment in her superbly entertaining Georgian-era Desperate Duchesses series,&#xA0;once again beguiling readers with wonderfully original characters, wickedly witty writing, and lusciously sexy romance. --John Charles