She let an innocent man go down just so she could live the kind of life she wanted to live. I honestly don’t think the author realized how serious Mara’s actions were. In No Good Duke Goes Unpunished, MacLean is stretching her readers’ forgiveness by expecting us to root for a relationship between a wronged man and the woman who oh-so-selfishly wronged him. She ran away from her old life, happy as can be, and never once attempted to go back and explain that the socially reviled “Killer Duke” was actually a very nice person who’d never kill anybody. At the ripe young age of sixteen, she “accidentally” framed a kind, innocent man for her murder. So let’s talk about the female lead, Mara Lowe. The book is compulsively readable, but that might be one of its only positive attributes. When you add into the fact that No Good Duke Goes Unpunished features an absolute heinous, HEINOUS, female lead…I say eh. But readable as her books are, MacLean’s brand of romance isn’t my brand of romance, typically. If that’s your brand of romance, MacLean is the place to go. Her stories are fluffy and light and full of drama and grand gestures and corny soliloquies. Sarah MacLean is a consistently readable author (however, she’s not, as I found re-readable). and to keep from putting himself on the line for love. It will take every bit of his strength to resist the pull of this mysterious, maddening woman who seems willing to risk everything for honor. It’s a fine trade, until Temple realizes that the lady-and her past-are more than they seem. Mara planned never to return to the world from which she’d run, but when her brother falls deep into debt at Temple’s exclusive casino, she has no choice but to offer Temple a trade that ends in her returning to society and proving to the world what only she knows. Until one night, Mara resurfaces, offering the one thing he’s dreamed of. With no memory of that fateful night, Temple has reigned over the darkest of London’s corners for twelve years, wealthy and powerful, but beyond redemption. He is the Killer Duke, accused of murdering Mara Lowe on the eve of her wedding.
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