Kim's Reviews > How to Catch a Devilish Duke

** spoiler alert ** It started off well. Charlotte sneaking into a gentleman's club to retrieve her stolen notebook from a blackmailer. Who does she meet inside? Max of course. Her brother's friend, and the man she has been in love with since she met him as a teenager. Inside the notebook, she has written a list of her dreams and if she doesn't pay they will be printed in a newspaper gossip column. When they fail to find the notebook at the bordello, they break into the blackmailer's home. This is great, right? The problem is, they find the notebook in the first few pages, and the remainder of the book is a duel, a house party, and a fake engagement. Charlotte desperately wants Max to fall in love with her. He's just a stubborn man when he says he won't and she can make him change his mind. Max had a terrible childhood and doesn't believe he can love anyone. Of course this changes with very flowery dialogue and speeches of awe when he looks at her. There's some excitement again when it's revealed who is behind the gossip columns. Only, the reason this person had been trying to ruin the life of a young girl from age 17 to 22 was, wait what huh? Overall I enjoyed the series, this just wasn't my favorite of the four books.