The Bachelor Earl is the prequel novella to Darcy Burke’s The Untouchables series. I have not read that series yet, but did not find it difficult to follow the story in this novella. Eugenia Aldwick, the Dowager Duchess of Kendal, decides to slowly re-enter society following two years of mourning for her beloved husband, and chooses a small…
Darcy Burke’s The Untouchables series of regency romances continues along with the eleventh volume The Duke of Kisses. Animal lover, ornithology enthusiast and labor activist Frances – Fanny – Snowden of Stour’s Edge in Yorkshire is delighted when, thanks to her sister’s marriage (in The Duke of Desire), she is swept away from her dull…
I’ve been enjoying Darcy Burke’s The Untouchables series, although I’ll admit I was rather disappointed in the last instalment, The Duke of Defiance and wasn’t sure I was going to read further. But I decided to put that one down as an aberration and I’m glad I picked up The Duke of Danger, which is…
I hadn’t read any of Darcy Burke’s The Untouchables novels, but the title The Duke of Defiance sounded intriguing enough to make me try the book. Sadly, it was a dull read with the exception of a single moment I’ll mention later. Mild spoilers ahead. Thanks to an accident that kills both of Bran Crowther’s…
The Duke of Desire, the fourth book in Darcy Burke’s series, The Untouchables, is quite possibly my favourite of them all so far. I will admit that when I read the blurb, I was doubtful. After all, the idea that the eponymous duke is a kind of Regency Era sex-therapist who helps couples to liven…
Darcy Burke’s The Duke of Deception is the third book in her current Untouchables series – the gentlemen so named by their ladies because their difference in social station puts the men well above their touch. The hero of this book is not a duke at all, however – the moniker is chosen merely to…