This was a very boring read to get through. King also has a secret but it really isn’t hinted at until the later part of the book. This takes up most of Penny’s thoughts when she isn’t thinking of King until the blackmail plot is introduced. It turns out that Penny is not who she seems and spends a large part of the novel thinking about the possibility someone will realize who she is and ruin her life. Penny visits a secret club meant for sexual liaisons where she fears someone has recognized her from her mysterious past. King does, and then follows a sub-plot in which, at Penny’s urging, he insists his brother curb his gambling habit. They threaten to take Penny hostage if King doesn’t pay the debt. While enjoying a late night conversation in the library, Penny and King are interrupted by men claiming King’s brother owes them money. This causes him to further wonder about his attraction to her. While there, one of King’s friends makes a move on Penny, much to King’s anger. He takes her to his gentlemen’s club with the excuse that she needs to take notes during a meeting. He has tasked her with finding him a bride, but it is after he is rejected by her first choice that he begins to notice Penny. We are told, rather than shown, that Penny has loved King for almost the entire she has worked for him. This is the second of the series and while some elements leading up to this story happen in the first, they are summed up nicely at the beginning so it can be read as a stand-alone. The plot centers almost completely on King and Penny dancing around each other, and the introduction of a blackmail plot in the second half isn’t enough to save this slog of a read. He, however, is just beginning to realize his attraction and love for Penny. Penelope has worked for King for eight years and has been in love with him for most of it. The Duchess Hunt is the second in Lorraine Heath’s Once Upon a Dukedom series, and it features Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, and Penelope Pettypeace, his secretary.
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