Diana Quincy delivers a diverse, own voices historical romance that will leave readers clamoring for more...Her Night with the Duke is a shimmering tale of a taboo connection turned empowerment narrative, as both Leela and Elliot must learn to claim the life they deserve, society be damned.” — Entertainment Weekly
"Quincy’s fans will enjoy another clever heroine set against and then paired with a man actually worth her time and attention. A solid start to a new historical series from one of romance’s most dependable writers. A winning Victorian romance." — Kirkus Reviews
“Tension builds as the pair’s opposing wills tumble with their passionate trysts. Set against the backdrop of a centuries-old castle and a mystery of stolen artifacts, Qunicy’s intrigue and banter will keep readers flipping pages to solve the mystery and discover how this couple can claim their happily-ever-after.” — Library Journal
“[Quincy] deftly illustrates just how skillfully she is changing the map for historical romance with the latest stellar addition to her Clandestine Affairs series. Featuring superbly rendered characters, some sensually charged love scenes, and a fabulously fresh plot…this is an incomparable delight.” — Booklist (starred review) on The Marquess Makes His Move
“Quincy delivers another compelling story featuring a hardworking heroin in the third entry in her Clandestine Affairs series. She also once again explores the difficulties of living in the Regency ton while also being of Arab descent . . . As the story also contains a slow burn as well as several passionately intimate scenes, there’s much for readers to love. A delightfully multifaceted story from a write who continues to map out new territory for Regency romance.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Marquess Makes His Move
"Vivid, bold, witty, and seductive! Diana Quincy is your new historical romance obsession." — Lenora Bell, USA Today bestselling author of Love Is a Rogue
"Her Night with the Duke is an original story that will grab you from the first page and not let go. The angst level is deliciously high and I had no idea how Leela and Hunt were going to work this out... This is a book not to be missed!" — Joanna Shupe, award-winning author of The Devil of Downtown
“Quincy cleverly incorporates much-loved genre tropes into the daringly sensual plot of her print romance debut, and this combined with the refreshingly original, boldly adventurous heroine, who fully embraces her Middle Eastern family origins, makes this marvelously entertaining love story.” — Booklist (starred review) on Her Night with a Duke
07/01/2023
An Arab American businesswoman inherits a castle in Victorian England and has to share the property with the estate's disgruntled duke in this series-launcher from Quincy (The Marquess Makes His Move). Reeling from her brother's betrayal, which ousted her from the family company, Raya Darwish travels to England to attend her cousin's funeral. Upon her arrival, Raya learns that she has inherited the castle where her cousin resided—along with its dire financial situation and the curmudgeonly Duke of Strickland. The duke is aghast to learn that a brash American has inherited the castle that's been in his family for generations. Despite their differences, they'll have to work together to secure their financial futures—if they can resist the growing desire between them. Tension builds as the pair's opposing wills tumble with their passionate trysts. VERDICT Set against the backdrop of a centuries-old castle and a mystery of stolen artifacts, Qunicy's intrigue and banter will keep readers flipping pages to solve the mystery and discover how this couple can claim their happily-ever-after.—Shanel Slater
2023-06-21
An unusual inheritance sparks love between a businesswoman and a duke.
After a long journey from America, Miss Raya Darwish and her aunt Majida are immediately shocked once they make it to the English countryside. And not just because they’re from a Palestinian merchant family in Brooklyn, now across the ocean from the family business to which Raya devoted herself before being cut out of it entirely. She is expecting to finally meet her cousin Deena, who married a widower duke and then was widowed herself. Instead, she’s greeted by the livid Duke of Strickland, Anthony Carey. Deena has died unexpectedly, and even more unexpectedly, she’s left Castle Tremayne to Raya even though it’s been home to Anthony’s family for centuries. Having no option but to accept, Raya swiftly turns her entrepreneurial mind to revitalizing the crumbling and impoverished castle she now owns, shocking everyone she talks to with ideas like inviting visitors to pay for tours (and building a proto–gift shop to boot). Because her ideas involve Anthony’s part of the estate, she keeps pushing, and his early distaste for her experiments is soon outweighed by his desperation to save his beloved home and some grudging admiration. The more time they spend together, the harder it is for them to resist the heat that thrums under each interaction, and before long they begin to explore their chemistry despite being well aware of the dangers. It’s only when they are compromised that they start to admit that a marriage between them could be for more than convenience—but it’s also when they realize someone unknown might have sinister plans for them as well. The tension between Raya and Anthony is so well drawn that even though the two become intimate rather early in the book, the story still feels like a strong slow burn along the enemies-to-lovers path, and Quincy’s fans will enjoy another clever heroine set against and then paired with a man actually worth her time and attention. A solid start to a new historical series from one of romance’s most dependable writers.
A winning Victorian romance.
