Two things here – my auto spell check for some reason always changed Duke to Duck? Seriously Microsoft in what world is Duke not a word.Taking that out of the configuration I was very much enthralled with BETWEEN THE DUKE AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (click here for review on Amazon) by Sophia Nash
But today all I am going to do is capture a quote from a secondary character in this book John Goodsmith. He has some philosophical moments and I hope at some point gets his own story.
You can try and change the past and get nowhere or you can try to shape the future. But at all times we must embrace the present moment.
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REVIEW from "The Reading Reviewer"
BETWEEN THE DUKE AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by Sophia Nash
When do we figure out who needs what in a relationship?
Alexander Barclay, ninth Duke of Kress hasn’t even figured out how to be a Duke before he already loses his money. During an evening of too much of everything inappropriate he lost it in a bet and made Prinny look really bad, an awful combination. As punishment Alex has been banished to no man’s land and instructed to make a ruin a castle again and find a bride now. Alex really hated the country, did not want to marry, but most of all despised rescuing damsels in distress. Yet there hung Roxanne by the tips of her fingers and the determination of a woman destined to change everything in Alex’s life.
Roxanne turns from the victim to the avenger in the blink of Alex’s eye. He discovers she was left there to die by her devious husband and within a moment after recover Roxanne has a plan to turn the tables on the cur. Alex really does have his hands full with the rebuilding of the castle, controlling his great aunt, trying to not get married, and in general learn to tolerate the country.
Yet Alex and Roxanne are more devious together than either of them ever thought. Roxanne is culling through the potential brides while Alex rattles the brain of Roxanne’s husband. What is unexpected is the realization Roxanne has that her husband left her and that the man who rescued her might be the knight she has always been looking for. What is a woman to do with a bad marriage holding you back from a bright future.
Sophia Nash has a brilliant gift of weaving a story of two people that have to find a way to resolve the past to capture the future. There are some morality issues with Roxanne moving on when she is still married to another but aside from that – very good read for everyone.
I think I have wished for a do over many times. Hindsight is amazing. So, since there is nothing I can do to change what has happened I look forward.
ReplyDeleteI would do over some of the things that happened when my kids were younger. I could then save them some pain.
ReplyDeleteI have way too many "do over" moments but one big one would be to spend more time with my parents.
ReplyDeleteThere are many and I realize I can't do a thing about it. My Mom always said to me that I should only try to get through today . That's what helped me deal with being a single parent to 7 kids after my divorce. And it's what I do. I've learned not to regret anything but to learn from the events instead. Thanks for the chance to win.
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there are so many and agreed with Danielle, i hope i can spend more time with my mom *sigh
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of 'wish I could do over' moments in my life but I always console myself that those who care about me let me apologize for my mistakes and otherwise they have been learning experiences for me and have helped make me the person I am today.
ReplyDeleteI'm just like the others. We can't change the past, so why worry about it. Learn from our mistakes and go on. Let's hope we learn from our mistakes! No regrets, just progress.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has "do over" moments in their life. I wish I had realized how important it was to go to college and had made an effort to do that. I made sure my children went so I did learn from that.
ReplyDeleteI wish we could have done more traveling when we were kids and now everybody is so busy it's hard to get away together.
ReplyDeleteI think everyone would like a do-over on one thing. I would have to say the I wish that I would have chose a different major in college. I have done nothing with my major and wish that I would have chose either computer or the medical field of some sort.
ReplyDeleteThis is a new author for me and would love to win and read this book. Thanks for the chance to win.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity to win a copy of Sophia's latest release.
One thing I love about her stories is that she always makes you think outside of your own comfortable box.
My one regret in life were the times when I was in my teens and early 20's that I let my parents pressure me into doing what they thought I should do instead of standing up for myself and making my own decisions. Fortunately I finally realized that to have the life I wanted to live instead of living the life they thought I should have I was able to find my true self.
Though it was difficult at times I took their feelings into consideration and would listen to their opinions but in the end I learned how to make my own decisions, some of which weren't always the best choice but it was ultimately a learning process that I needed to go through in order to become strong and independent.
I've learned that mistakes I make from my choices are ones that I can learn from and grow to be a strong confident woman. To understand you have to know that I'm in my 60's and being independent wasn't a priority for most women but as I celebrate my 42nd anniversary I realize I could never have been the wife, mother and grandmother I am today if I hadn't found out how strong I could be all on my own.
A 'do-over' every now and then might have been nice, but then I wouldn't be the person I am today and I'm quite comfortable with who I am.
ReplyDeleteI wish I hadn't spent so much time worrying about work.
ReplyDeleteThere are probably things to do over, but everything's turned out ok so far, so I probably wouldn't want to re-do anything.
ReplyDeleteI have lots of do over moments almost every week. The most common one is that I dress to casually for stuff. I have nice work type clothes but rarely wear them outside the office.
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