When I Met My Duchess, by Caroline Linden, was originally published in January of 2014 as part of At The Duke's Wedding. Wedding was a compilation of stories by various authors. I'm glad Ms Linden made this novella available to me, it's been a short but enjoyable read. I rarely give 5 stars but I loved this story enough to cough up the additional star.

I adore this plot. The Duke of Wessex doesn't believe in love until lightening, literally, strikes when he meets Cleo Barrows. Unfortunately he's betrothed to her younger sister Helen. He's convinced, until he's not, that his brain was fried by the strike & he's going to be honorable about his commitment. He & Cleo spend the story trying to ignore each other, to no avail. In the meantime Helen is in love with the dukes cousin, James. They're also trying to avoid each other. Honor & duty abound and love smashes it all to pieces. The future in-laws are awful pieces of work, great love to hate couple. At 112 pages is short but packed with entertainment, there's even a bonus epilogue. Happy reading.

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