Michael Blumley, Duke of Loriton (age 28), is viewed as an eccentric by his peers in the ton. He does his duty, of course, but his interest—and talent—lies in the science of electricity. He has no interest in what the frivolities of Society. When his favorite aunt, Mary, Lady Harris, leaves her precious, well-behaved black poodle, Lancelot in his care while she travels his life takes an interesting turn.
Elizabeth "Bitsy" Dockering (age 19), third daughter of a viscount, is enjoying her second Season in London. She is a Diamond of the Season and is adored by all—and especially by her precious black poodle, Galahad. To everyone else, however, Galahad is a demon dog. So much so that Peter Cordray, one of Bitsy's most insistent beaux and a particular victim of Galahad's bad manners and sharp teeth, has hired a petty thief (Jimmy Bly) to steal the dog, clearing the way for his suit.
When the two dogs and their "people" meet in the park, chaos ensues and unknowingly results in a dog swap. Which means Lancelot is kidnapped instead of Galahad! But when both dogs go missing in an ever thickening dognapping plot, Michael and Elizabeth end up coming together to scour London, recover Lancelot and Galahad all while falling in love.
My Review:
Oh, this was such a enjoyable read! That it's about dogs crashing into one another, getting switched, and then dognapped, forcing their owners to work together to get their dogs was just so enjoyable to read! That we also got the story of the person hired to do the dognapping was just so great!
These two are very different people. Michael, the duke, is a scientist, he's not a people person, he doesn't like social interactions like dances. Elizabeth, Bitsy, she's an utter people person, parties are a favourite activity for her to do. They shouldn't get along-and they don't at the beginning, but as they spend more time together, oh, they were great!
That Michael uses his scientific mind as basis to investigate the crime, in finding the butcher who is selling the meat, to use reports of sightings-both false and positive-to narrow down the search area, was so very clever!
Throughout the story, we would get the perspective of Jimmy Bly, the thief. Which was really heartwarming, because he doesn't have a lot pf prospective, which is why he lives a life of crime. But he has a lady who he's sweet on-but the circumstances just line up. It was so great to have their love story alongside Bitsy and Michael's! That the one suitor thought to get rid of Galahad so that things could continue-yeah, watching his downfall was so utterly satisfying!
This was such an enjoyable read, and I'd love to read more by Suzanne Enoch!
Author: Suzanne Enoch
Read: November 8th, 2023
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Historical Fiction 2023 Book and a SAC 2023 Book!
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: September 19th 2023
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