It was a bit of a bumpy start, as I mentioned, it felt like I should already know these characters and their world and it wasn't until around the mid-way mark that I finally felt placed in the story. The beginning was mostly about the danger to the brother, letting the readers know about Ash's long standing feelings for Verity, and Verity starting to warm to the idea of exploring a different kind of relationship with Ash. When Verity asks him to draw accompanying illustrations to an erotic leaning book, the sexual tension heats up between the two. Ash is friends with both of them, which is why he has tried to keep to himself his deep feelings for Verity. Verity's brother likes to flirt with writing, just about line crossing, seditious editorials, so we have her worried about him and the worry of trying to get him to leave the country. I have not read the first in the series, so I'm not sure if these two were introduced there or if some of their story was already given but I felt a little lost in the beginning, as if I should already have some comfort with these people and their world. Verity runs Plum & Co., a publishing company and her long-time friend Ash does illustrations for them.

Second in the Regency Imposters series, A Duke in Disguise, stars Verity Plum and John “Ash” Ashby. “You expect your pins to do the work of subjugating the masses. Here,” he said, lifting a loose tendril of hair. “You ought to consider what conditions you’re subjecting your hairpins to if they’d rather plummet to their death than work for you. “I find them all over the house,” he said. A very faint blush darkened Ash’s cheekbones and Verity felt her lips curl upward in response. “When did you start carrying those in your pocket?” she asked, recalling that this was not the first time he had produced a timely hairpin. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian