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Grace --> The Shackleford Sisters Book One
Reverend Shackleford has 8 daughters and 1 son he decides it’s time to find his daughters wealthy husbands to help get funds to support his only son in the future, Grace (the eldest) doesn’t want to marry. Nicholas has been discharged from the royal navy after an injury and comes home after learning his father (the duke) has died, he is plagued by nightmares (PTSD) but decides to marry as required of him in his new station in life he doesn’t care who he marries and doesn't want to deal with courting someone so he tells the reverend to pick one of his daughters for him he doesn’t care which one… he doesn’t realize the outspoken woman who was reading under his tree earlier in the week is now going to be his new bride.
A bunch of the usual romance novel stuff happens -> they both could be great together but do a lot of pushing each other away. Nicholas keeps running off, Grace isn't "society" material and is used to doing what she wants with her younger siblings when he brings her to London, he isn't used to the Ton either being in the Navy for so long. Her family is large and outspoken and her father and his curate find themselves in the way and causing problems (which they don't always clearly see as problems until it's too late). Grace after marrying the duke wants his attention and goes about it by doing childish things with her younger siblings in town where other people can see even though she is now a Duchess.
Will they be able to come together before it's too late or will they continue to push each other further away?
I didn't think this book was the best of the series it took me a bit to get used to the multiple points of views (like even the dad has a point of view and he regularly gets himself and his curate into precarious situations). It is labeled to have some humor but this also might take a bit to get into as the humor usually involves the Reverend trying to "fix" a situation but bumbling it horribly. The dad is also not a by the book reverend he means well but he drinks a lot and his curate seems to be the one that is more level headed of the two of them.
This book might not be for everyone but it is a cute light read if you can get through some of the more obnoxious sections, it has some spice and a bit of profanity (from what I remember both of these are on the lighter end).
Have you read the series? Have you read anything else by this author?
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