Sofia Loves Books: Blog tour: A Duke by Default (Reluctant Royals #2) by Alyssa Cole

Award-winning author Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals series

continues with a woman on a quest to be the heroine of her own story and the duke in shining armor she rescues along the way…

New York City socialite and perpetual hot mess Portia Hobbs is tired of disappointing her family, friends, and—most importantly—herself. An apprenticeship with a struggling swordmaker in Scotland is a chance to use her expertise and discover what she’s capable of. Turns out she excels at aggravating her gruff silver fox boss…when she’s not having inappropriate fantasies about his sexy Scottish burr.

Tavish McKenzie doesn’t need a rich, spoiled American telling him how to run his armory…even if she is infuriatingly good at it. Tav tries to rebuff his apprentice—and his attraction to her—but when Portia accidentally discovers that he’s the secret son of a duke, rough-around-the-edges Tav becomes her newest makeover project.

Forging metal into weapons and armor is one thing, but when desire burns out of control and the media spotlight gets too hot to bear, can a commoner turned duke and his posh apprentice find lasting love?

About The Book

A Duke By Defaultby Alyssa Cole
SeriesReluctant Royals
GenreAdult
Contemporary Romance
PublisherAvon Books
Publication DateJuly 31, 2018
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Review:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

I am giving 2 stars to the book because no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't finish it. I have been trying to read the book for a month and it didn't work for me, so I stopped at 30%. I couldn't relate to the heroine and that's the biggest reason I wasn't able to read the book further. She had a lot of issues that she needed to solve and I don't think that could happen in this book only. I didn't believe in her project aka Portia #2 and I couldn't understand her past behavior. Tavish's thinking is old-fashioned to a point where I thought that he was more like my grandpa than a man in his mid/late thirties. I couldn't click with either of the main characters and the plot wasn't able to draw me at all. Up until the point I stopped, nothing had happened and the main characters didn't even like each other, so you can add slowness to the list of the things I didn't like in this book.

Tour Wide Giveaway

To celebrate the release of A DUKE BY DEFAULT by Alyssa Cole, we’re giving away three paperback copies of A PRINCESS IN THEORY!

GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS: Open to US shipping addresses only. Three winners will each receive a paperback copy of A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole. This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Avon Romance. Giveaway ends 8/10/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Avon Romance will send the winning copies out to the winner directly. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address. Duplicates will be deleted. CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

About Alyssa Cole

ALYSSA COLE is a science editor, pop culture nerd, and romance junkie who lives in the Caribbean and occasionally returns to her fast-paced NYC life. In addition to writing, she founded and hosted the Jefferson Market Library Romance Book Club and taught Romance Writing for Beginners. She speaks on topics such as writing erotic romance, writing multicultural romance, and self-editing. She has contributed romance-related articles to publications including RT Book Reviews, Heroes and Heartbreakers, Romance at Random, and The Toast. She has also started a bi-monthly column in the Romance Writer’s Report, Romancing the Globe, in which she chats with romance writers from around the world. When she’s not busy writing, traveling, and learning French, she can be found watching anime with her husband or tending to her herd of animals.