Bringing Down the Duke: swoony, feminist and romantic, perfect for fans of Bridgerton (A League of Extraordinary Women)

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In fact I loved it so much that I already went out and bought the second book which I’m hoping to pick up soon. I was tense at times because of the time period and politics and was aggravated on Annabelle and pretty much women's kinds behalf on several occasions. Once she gets her happily ever after, she no longer bothers with activism, but she does continue her education, which I think is where her real passion lies. The attraction between them is undeniable, as is the differences in their social strata, and both understand from the beginning that, as a duke, the best Sebastian can offer Annabelle is a place as his mistress.

If you’re looking for a steamy regency romance, with brilliant characters and a political side plot to get your teeth stuck into I can’t recommend this enough. Brilliantly witty, exciting and endearing with a good pace to the story and instantly enjoyable, well developed characters. The romance in this book was steamy, tension filled, slow burn and explosive in parts, but it also featured some truly soft and bittersweet moments that just made me love these characters even more.If Annabelle is portrayed as convincingly relatable, in her strengths and fragilities, smart and dignified in her beliefs and fights, I found that this book was mainly Sebastian’s journey and watching him finally come to terms with his inner "sentimental" self was sheer joy, as far as romances go. Well, a duke no less, but he’s never going to be one of their political allies, so no use in keep glancing back in the direction his carriage has gone off. Sometimes a wonderful book leaves an emotional mark on us, but Bringing Down the Duke left a physical mark on me too. But things are destined to change when a shift in the course of action on the suffragists’ front brings these two rivals at close quarters.

Evie Dunmore has written a story we need right now-strong, smart, and passionate, featuring a heroine who won't settle for less than what she deserves and a swoony hero who learns to fight for what really matters. I started with the likes of Julie Garwood, Judith McNaught, Johanna Lyndsey and Beatrice Small and those old battered mass market paperback still fill my shelves and have been read and re-read numerous times over.Thanks to this compelling and passionate woman questioning him every step of the way, who challenges and infuriates him. It’s the first in a series, and given how much I liked meeting the other women in Annabelle’s suffragette circle, I look forward to future novels. When I started at BOTM, I was a professed literary snob—and probably flaunted that term with pride (queue eye roll). Because, my lord, if the marchioness believes that the female brain is incapable of forming a sound analysis on political issues, why should anyone trust her analysis on women in politics?