Part of a trilogy, but it didn't seem necessary to read the first one, and I'm not interested enough to read the follow-ups. First was apparently Match of the Century (ISBN: 9780062388612), and the third is A Date at the Altar (out in October, ISBN: 9780062388650).
A few minor typos and word substitutions that made me a bit peevish, but that's an editorial problem. I just hate that it's getting more common.
The Fairest of Them All
Cathy Maxwell
ISBN: 9780062388636
Char is beautiful and broke, the Duke needs a wife, but his twin is back - from America!
Read July 11, 2016
Penniless blueblood Charlene (Char - ugh) is raised by her actress half-aunt and sponsored by an eccentric Society godmother when word gets out that the eminently eligible Duke of Baynton needs a suitable wife as he advances in the ranks. Unfortunately, Char is not exactly as genteel and sheltered as everyone presumes. She's been dressing in drag and cutting purses on the street for months, to keep her family in rent money. Her rough-and-tumble encounter with the Duke's long-lost and very estranged twin brother is the keystone for toppling the Duke's carefully-laid plans and Char's family's dreams of financial security.
Readable, no more than a couple of typos and word mistakes, lighthearted and generally sweet. An interesting sub-plot of political machinations, and a grudge that manifested spontaneously out of thin air (a result of attempting to keep the fairly thin character of the Duke from being utterly ruined by the plot requiring him to act in grudges and piss-baby spite for the whole the end of the book.)
Loved a delightful scene towards the end where Charlene takes down a snotty elder matron who is digging on her love.
Only one "scene" and it lasted barely a page, with very general descriptions - a very gentle romance, this one.
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