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product_id: 13818352
title: "The Courtesan Duchess (Wicked Deceptions Book 1)"
brand: "joanna shupe"
price: "₩19510"
currency: KRW
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reviews_count: 12
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# The Courtesan Duchess (Wicked Deceptions Book 1)

**Brand:** joanna shupe
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## Customer Reviews

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    Secret Baby Reforms Rake
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2017*

Disclaimer: I haven't really been getting into historical romance lately, though I used to enjoy the genre quite a bit.I struggled with this book because both of the main characters behave extremely badly throughout much of the book. Nick, the hero, married the heroine, Julia, when she was just 16. He immediately left England and spent the next eight years catting around Europe while his young wife fell prey to a villain who cut off her finances and tried to blackmail her for sex. Following the kind of logic one only finds in historical romance, Julia decides the way out of her dilemma is to pose as a courtesan, seduce her absent husband, and trick him into fathering his heir. Depriving someone of their reproductive autonomy is pretty unforgivable in my book, even in desperation.That said, the plot moves along and the writing is decent, so if secret baby/reformed rake stories are your catnip, you'll like this fine.

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    Bleh!
  

*by C***T on Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2017*

This gets 3 stars from me only because, technically, the writing is okay.  No horrible grammatical errors and a clean style.  When I increasingly find books written by people who don't appear to have heard of a dictionary, let alone know how to use one, and who have no concept of sentence structure I feel that the ability to write should be encouraged.However, the actual story is another matter.  That can be summed up in 3 words: contrived, dull, implausible.  I don't mind a bit of contrivance if it sets up a good story line and I don't mind a whole helping of implausibility if the story can carry it but to hit the triple is a killer. I won't go into the issues in detail, because that would involve too many spoilers for those that want to give the book a go, but I will say that the plot meant that I didn't get any of the build up to a relationship that I enjoy in romance books.  I like the sexual tension to be built slowly and for that to be woven into the development of the relationship as a whole.  To jump straight to sex and then to try to build the relationship from there just didn't work for me.I would only advise reading this book if you are content with a totally predictable story, minimal character development, a heroine who seems to be particularly stupid and a hero whose only "good point" seems to be that he's great in the sack.  If those are not selling points for you then I'd suggest looking elsewhere.  Or, if you're still intrigued by the story's premise, get it on Kindle Unlimited or from your library.  If you decide you love it and want to encourage the author you can always buy it afterwards.

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    Bid Misunderstandings Abound in Secret Baby Plot
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2018*

I am new to Joanna Shupe, having only read her novella Tycoon before this one. I really enjoyed Tycoon and thought it showed strong promise. The writing is solid with a well described environment and setting, and seemed thoroughly researched. There were no glaring errors or typos. However, the story was rushed with little character development, which I decided was a fault of the novella itself. It's hard to capture development in 100 pages (and a story line that takes place in about three days), but I thought she tried hard. I quickly picked up The Courtesan Duchess, eager to get to know this new author in hopes that her rushed plot issue would solve itself with more pages to fill. I perhaps did the author an injustice by trying her debut novel first.... debut novels tend to have their own issues as well.I didn't dislike The Courtesan Duchess per se. Which is astonishing because it contained many contrived plot points that typically drive me crazy. Big Misunderstandings abound, secret baby plot... which is no spoiler as it's described on the sales page. Despite those plot points, I really liked the concept of this story and the characters. I thought it was a clever idea for a forgotten bride of an arranged marriage to track down her husband and seduce him. There was a ton of promise in such an idea and it could be very fun and witty to read about. I did enjoy the first portion of the novel and eagerly turned pages as the plot unfolds. I also recognize the deft hand of a good writer, and Shupe is, indeed, a solid writer.But unfortunately, it just didn't go anywhere I enjoyed. What DID lower my opinion of this read was the amount of time the hero and heroine actually spend together, which was about nill. They have a single week together, then spend the majority of the novel apart. Huge spans of time are summed up in sentences (the summer flew by, the weeks roll on, seasons change...) and it's pretty sad and boring.Julia and Colton hurt each other pretty bad due to Big Misunderstandings and as the novel came to a close, I doubted their love and HEA. They are just not together enough, or talk enough, to convince me that they do love each other. I was left feeling a little icky over the whole thing. It was very angsty and dramatic (the major reason I avoid secret baby plots) and it just wasn't my cup of tea. The couple spends less than ten percent of their time together in the one year or so that the novel takes place in.That all being said, I still liked many aspects of this novel and I'm stubbornly moving forward on another Shupe book. I feel like there's just a ton of promise and potential charm in her writing and I'm hoping the next one will have a more developed plot, where the hero and heroine fall in love by actually getting to know each other. And all of THAT being said, I feel like there are romance readers out there that would really love this style of book and the plot itself. It just wasn't for me.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-01*