[Review] Dukes Prefer Blondes, by Loretta Chase

Title Dukes Prefer Blondes
Series: The Dressmakers #4
Author: Loretta Chase
Publisher: Avon
Number of pages: 372
Publication date: December 29th 2015

Synopsis:

Biweekly marriage proposals from men who can't see beyond her (admittedly breathtaking) looks are starting to get on Lady Clara Fairfax's nerves. Desperate to be something more than ornamental, she escapes to her favorite charity. When a child is in trouble, she turns to tall, dark, and annoying barrister Oliver Radford.

Though he's unexpectedly found himself in line to inherit a dukedom, Radford's never been part of fashionable society, and the blonde beauty, though not entirely bereft of brains, isn't part of his plans. But Clara overwhelms even his infallible logic, and when wedlock looms, all he can do is try not to lose his head over her.

It's an inconvenient marriage by ordinary standards, but these two are far from ordinary. Can the ton's most adored heiress and London's most difficult bachelor fall victim to their own unruly desires?

Review:

This was the final book in the dressmakers series, a series I really liked. Although the dressmakers are sisters, Clara Fairfax is not one of them, but a customer who became a friend instead.

I had really high expectations for this book, and sadly it didn’t meet them as much as I wanted.

The relationship between Clara and the male lead, Raven, felt somewhat lacking. I liked their battle of wits, and how we could see the world through their different views, but it just wasn’t as good as the previous book in the series.

Raven, aka Oliver Radford, is super logical and not good with feelings. It’s fun to see him come around to what he Clara have together, and there are some very good romantic scenes in the book.

It's beautifully written, as always, but I just don’t know what else to say. It was good, but still somewhat disappointing.