The Winter Duchess

A Duchess for All Seasons Series, Book 1

By: Jillian Eaton

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

Their wedding was the event of the season...

A shy wallflower, Caroline hasn't the faintest idea why the Duke of Readington chose her to be his bride. She could ask, but that would mean speaking to him...and truth be told, she'd rather have a conversation with the devil. Her new husband may be one of the most powerful men in all of England - not to mention the handsomest - but he's also cruel, callous, and has a heart colder than ice.

But it was never meant to be a love match...

Eric married Caroline for one simple reason: he wasn't in love with her. Having seen firsthand how love can bring a man to his knees, he's determined not to make the same mistakes his father did. Which is why he's going to spend just enough time with his new bride to assure himself of an heir before he leaves her and returns to London. At least that was the plan until a winter storm leaves them stranded. Now every time Eric turns around he finds himself stumbling over the wife he never wanted...but is slowly beginning to desire....or was it?

As cold winds howl outside the manor, inside of it a duke's heart is finally starting to melt as he finds himself falling for the one woman he was never supposed to love...but can she love him in return?

Contains mature themes.

©2017 Jillian Eaton (P)2018 Tantor

The Winter Duchess

This was a really sweet book. The narrator was great. The only downside is that the story was a bit too short therefore the characters were not quite developed as I would have hoped and as a result felt rushed.

Really liked this book@!

Well Caroline was a very sweet girl whose mother was not much better than the Duke's mother.
Caroline was raised to be obediant in all things.

The world building at the estate was well done and the author captured the feeling of Christmas cheer!

I do think that the book should have been longer. They needed to include more of the wedding ceremony and how nervous Caroline was to be married off to a noble who had only danced with her once before he went down on his knee and asked her to marry him.
The book should have started with the Duke's search for his bride. How he carried himself like he was going to the meat market to buy a hunch of mutton.
We needed to see more of the breakdown of the Duke's emotional wall.
In other words I feel this story was heavily edited.
Yet it is still very colorful and interesting.

Enjoyed the story very much

A good easy listen for a quiet evening. I’m Glad I stumbled across this author

Nice short read

This was a very nice short, sweet Reed. I enjoyed the quick cadence and the narrator did a really nice job.

Amazing !

I donot usually like short stories but this one is simply perfect! The narrator makes it even better.