Last Duke Standing

By: Julia London

Narrated by: Justin Hill

Fans of Bridgerton will love the this sparkling, witty, and sexy new series from New York Times bestselling author Julia London! With a young future queen in the market for a husband, and the charming—and opinionated—Scottish lord tasked to introduce her to the ton’s most eligible bachelors.

Charming. Cheeky. Cunning.

When Crown Princess Justine of Wesloria is sent to England to learn the ropes of royalty, she falls under the tutelage of none other than Queen Victoria herself. Justine’s also in the market for a proper husband—one fit to marry the future queen of Wesloria.

Because he knows simply everyone, William, Lord Douglas (the notoriously rakish heir to the Duke of Hamilton seat in Scotland, and decidedly not husband material), is on hand as an escort of sorts. William has been recruited to keep an eye on the royal matchmaker for the Weslorian prime minister, tasked to ensure the princess is matched with a man of quality…and one who will be sympathetic to the prime minister’s views.

As William and Justine are forced to scrutinize an endless parade of England’s best bachelors, they become friends. But when the crowd of potential grooms is steadily culled, what if William is the last bachelor standing?

Don’t miss The Duke Not Taken from New York Times bestselling author Julia London! A delicious and playful new frenemies-to-lovers romance set in Victorian England.

Good, very pride and prejudice like but

I really don’t like the male voice speaking the female character parts. But I like the story enough to keep going.
The missing price was mentioned once but the princesses never mentioned him.. only Beck did. There is still a disconnect with that story line for me

Book is good but

I would rather have a women’s voice speak the female parts. A man talking in a high voice does not appeal to me.

Couldn’t get into fussy plot details and narration

Though the topic is right up my alley and I tried more than once to get into it, the story and the narration felt fussy and just didn’t engage me.