Once Upon a Duke's Dream by Ellie St. Clair

Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is a good read and the Duke of Carrington held my attention. A serious man who works for the foreign office and grieves this best friend who was shot once they reached English shores after escaping France. Isabella is woman is trying to get away from her stepbrother. She fears he is scheming something with him pressuring her to get married, and she is right. The attraction between these two is immediate and Bradley finds a capable and intelligent woman. The only thing I don't like about this book is how Isabella doesn't think she is enough for a duke. She is a member of the peerage, she is wealthy and she knows how to run an estate. She does feel the scandal her father had gotten into when his business failed in England before moving to France will be enough to put him off. Especially, when she finds out her stepbrother is a traitor to the Crown, she really gets down on herself.  The problem is I hate self-pity and it makes the heroine somehow seem weak when she is clearly not!