A conspiring duchess. An amnesiac doppelgänger. Can hearts be true in the midst of double deception?
Anna feels little anguish when she sees the dead body of her husband. The young widow has no plans to mourn over the cruel Duke of Watkins, but she knows that his untimely death will put her at the mercy of his malicious younger brother. With help from her loyal butler, Anna smuggles away the body in the dead of night…
Anna hopes to keep her husband’s death a secret until she’s settled far from the reach of her spiteful brother-in-law. When she stumbles upon an unconscious, wounded man who bears an uncanny resemblance to the Duke, she wonders if she’s found the solution to all their problems. The stranger wakes up with no memories of his life, and Anna wastes no time convincing him of the lie…
As her husband’s doppelgänger begins to treat her like true royalty, Anna succumbs to his affections. Just when she thinks the charade is in the clear, the truth bubbles to the surface. Can Anna convince the amnesiac of her love before losing her husband a second time? AMAZON 3.5 STARS
I found this to be enjoyable, quick story with a great outcome. It had some twists and surprises as well as good main characters. Yes, I know some of it was unlikely but I enjoyed it anyway.
What a life Anna had been forced to life. Her husband, the Duke was one nasty piece of work. And his death relieved her of a lot of pain and trouble. But it didn't remove all of them. Lord Mason tried to hide it but he was over eager to see his brother die so that he could have the title and everything else. He also was under the idea that she would be his when his brother died and it didn't have anything to do with love.
Talk about being at the right place, at the right time. That would be true about the second main character in this book. No, he wasn't in good shape when he was found but at least he did recover. And with "the stranger" as Anna had to think of him came the first gentleness, kindness and humor she ever experienced from a husband.
I can't leave this review without mentioning at least one man who really had always been in her corner. Since he was a butler in the household there was only so much he could do but he did the best that he could. Appleton and Anna had such kind friendship. It was more like a father-daughter relationship. I did like that.
The bad, bad guy, Lord Mason's story comes with an ironic twist.
Epilogue included. I always like that as well.
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