Tour Review & Giveaway - - A Tropical Rebel Gets The Duke

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

by Adriana Herrera

Las Leonas - Book 3

Publisher: Canary Street Press

Release Date: February 4, 2025

Reviewed by PJ

He's not like other dukes…

Paris, 1889

Physician Aurora Montalban Wright takes risks in her career, but never with her heart. Running an underground women’s clinic exposes her to certain dangers, but help arrives in the unexpected form of the infuriating Duke of Annan. Begrudgingly, Aurora accepts his protection, then promptly finds herself in his bed.   

New to his role as a duke, Apollo César Sinclair Robles struggles to embrace his position. With half of society waiting for him to misstep and the other half looking to discredit him, Apollo never imagined that his enthralling bedmate would become his most trusted adviser. Soon, he realizes the rebellious doctor could be the perfect duchess for him. But Aurora won’t give up her independence, and her secrets make her unsuitable for the aristocracy.

When dangerous figures from their pasts return to threaten them, Apollo whisks Aurora away to the French Riviera. Far from the reproachful eye of Parisian society, can Apollo convince Aurora that their bond is stronger than the forces keeping them apart?    

PJ's Thoughts:

Adriana Herrera saved the best for last. A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke, book three in Herrera's Las Leonas trilogy, is a steamy, compelling, endearing, action-packed story I could not put down. 

I adored Aurora. As an heiress, she could have led a life of leisure in the Caribbean. Instead, this physician escaped the gilded cage of her privilege, using her medical skills to care for the oppressed, underserved women of 1880's Paris. She's a rebel, a scandal, a feminist, a woman more concerned with the care of others than of herself. She's also stubborn, self-contained, and keeping devastating secrets. She won't relinquish her heart easily and when she does you can be certain it will only be to a man who earns it. 

Enter Apollo César Sinclair Robles, Duke of Annan. The Black Duke of Annan. I suggest keeping a fan handy because this man is smokin' and when he and Aurora get together? Whoee! But first, they clash. Two strong personalities determined to change the world in which they live, their priorities don't always align. At least, it seems that way to Aurora but, just maybe, they can do more good together than apart? And, just maybe, the fiery chemistry between them is a pre-cursor to deep, lasting, once in a lifetime love. Apollo snagged my heart as surely as he did Aurora's. He's a complex man with a fair amount of emotional baggage to sort through who does a good job of keeping his true self hidden. Herrera does an excellent job of slowly unveiling his layers to the reader, as well as to Aurora. 

Found family is a strong element in this book, in all three books. I loved the relationships that formed and continued to evolve throughout the trilogy, among the women but with the men as well. If you're a stickler for reading a series in order, begin with book one, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris. If you prefer starting with A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke, I think it stands well on its own and can be thoroughly enjoyed without having read the other books first. I do, however, enthusiastically recommend all three. 

Have you read any of the Las Leonas books?

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One randomly chosen person who posts a comment before 11:00 PM, February 8 will receive a print copy of A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke. 

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