The Duke Goes Down by Sophie Jordan

The Duke Goes Down by Sophie Jordan

The Duke Goes Down is the first in Sophie Jordan’s The Duke Hunt series. In it, Imogen Bates, local vicar’s daughter, uses rumors to keep her childhood bully, Peregrine Butler, the Duke of Penning before finding out he is illegitimate, from successfully courting an heiress.  I generally enjoy Sophie Jordan’s writing, but the pacing here is uneven, and…