{"id":24331,"date":"2025-03-23T20:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24331"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:39:38","slug":"the-duchess-war-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24331","title":{"rendered":"The Duchess War"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Duchess War<\/em><\/a> (2012) Courtney Milan<\/a> (Brothers Sinister #1)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Set in Leicester, England in 1863<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Grace,\u201d Stevens finally said, \u201cyour concern does you justice.\u201d The man\u2019s toad-eating did him none. <\/p>\n

Robert met Stevens\u2019s eyes. \u201cNo, it doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s called basic human decency, and I deserve no credit for doing what every man should.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou know me,\u201d Sebastian said. \u201cI\u2019m the soul of discretion.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, you\u2019re not. You are exactly the opposite.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like to remember, and he makes me remember. Every time I laugh, he looks at me, judging me for my frivolity. I can\u2019t stand being around him.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI had no notion,\u201d Minnie said, moving over to sit beside her friend. <\/p>\n

\u201cI work so hard for my frivolity.\u201d Lydia\u2019s hands were shaking. \u201cHow dare he judge me for it!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Miss Minerva Lane \/ Minnie Pursling, Robert Alan Graydon Blaisdell Duke of Clermont, Great-Aunt Caroline, Great-Aunt Eliza, Miss Lydia Charingford, Mr. Oliver Marshall, Mr. Charingford, George Stevens, Doctor Grantham, Walter Gardley, Violet Waterfield the Countess of Cambury, Mr. Sebastian Malheur, Dowager Duchess of Clermont, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Marshall<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Duchess War (2012) Courtney Milan (Brothers Sinister #1) Set in Leicester, England in 1863 \u201cYour Grace,\u201d Stevens finally said, \u201cyour concern does you justice.\u201d The man\u2019s toad-eating did him none. Robert met Stevens\u2019s eyes. \u201cNo, it doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s called basic human decency, and I deserve no credit for doing what every man should.\u201d \u201cYou […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,30,292,33,207,41,26,56],"tags":[50,719,128,729],"class_list":["post-24331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mental-health-rep","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-brothers-sinister","tag-courtney-milan","tag-industrial-revolution"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6kr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5694,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5694","url_meta":{"origin":24331,"position":0},"title":"The Duchess War","author":"Michelle","date":"February 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Duchess War (2012) Courtney Milan .Set in England in 1863 Another re-read, and although good, I don't love it as much as the Countess Conspiracy. 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