This is the second instalment of Jane Feather’s Duncan’s Sisters Trilogy.
Prudence Duncan, the younger sister of Constance Duncan, is a bespectacled awkward beauty. She’s the mind of the Duncan sister and financial advisor of the family.
This novel is more intriguing than the last one because the Duncan sisters were sued! Well, not them, but the newsletter they wrote, The Mayfair Lady. In the last book, they published an article accusing a mistreatment by a respectable gentleman. This gentleman then sued the publication to an amount of money.
Financial shortage and anonymity in jeopardy caused them desperately trying to find a good and reliable lawyer. When Max recommended a young and famous barrister, Sir Gideon Malvern, they thought they give him a try. Prudence was appointed as the spoke person of The Mayfair Lady because of her intelligence.
Her first encounter with Gideon was horrible, he was a very famous and high profile barrister and he rejected the case immediately. But Prudence is not one to accept rejection; she managed to attack Gideon back to his surprise until he agreed to take on the case.
Secretly Gideon really liked Prudence. He was drawn to her because of her intelligence and well hidden beauty. Same as Prudence, she was impressed by this young and smart barrister. More impressed when she found out about his passion for cooking and love for his young daughter.
Eventually they went on a trip to the city side to prepare for the hearing of the case. It was quite a long trip and they had to stop over for the night. (How convenient?!) What they discovered that night was magic, the way their body reacted to one another was similar to how their mind works together. Prudence was taken to a trip of her lifetime, discovering her true self and finding a love that had been there all along.
-secret vixen -
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