Duke I'd Like to F...

This historical romance anthology has been on my TBR for a while and I’m so so glad I finally got to it. As the tagline says, this one delivers on Big Duke Energy and each novella was just as delicious as the last. If a little bit taboo and age gap are your jam (like they are for me) then you will love this collection of novellas! Only 1 author (Nicola Davidson) was new-to-me from this collection.The Chasing of Eleanor Vane (Sierra Simone) - Delicious age gap between a Duke and his future niece-in-law. Eleanor is engaged to the Duke’s ridiculous man-child nephew and decides to run away one night. She gets rescued by the Duke who tells her all about a secret kingdom of lust & passion.Duke for Hire (Nicola Davidson) - Ada is a vicar’s daughter who is turning 30 & ready to rid herself of her virginity. She goes to a Duke intent to hire him as her pleasure tutor. Ada arrives with a list of activities she wants to do, toys she wants to use, and all her ideas of pleasure she wants to give/receive.An Education in Pleasure (Eva Leigh) - a newly titled Duke comes home from Oxford and finds himself infatuated with the governess on the property (who teaches his 2 younger sisters). Older woman-younger man age gap with the Duke becoming her pupil to learn all the ways of pleasure.The Duke Makes Me Feel (Adriana Herrera) - Marena is an herbalist in London when one day Arlo, Duke of Linley, rolls into her shop requesting help tracking down someone. Their journey takes them to France, where Marena starts to see Arlo is unlike the typical men of the aristocracy and business becomes mixed with their pleasure.My Dirty Duke (Joanna Shupe) - another delicious age gap between Violet who is in love with her father’s friend, Maximilian (Duke of Ravensthorpe). Max is very stand-off-ish to Violet and she is the one who seduces him. Loved both of these characters so much & the fact that Violet was into photography was so fun.

I haven't read a romance book since my early twenties and if it wasn't for Adriana Herrera I'd likely not have read this genre again. I bought DILTF because I'm a huge fan of Adriana's work and feel in love with the characters in her story, I was disappointed it was cut short and will now protest to get the rest of the Duke of Linleys and Marena's love story. Im now reading the other stories which I'm sure will be just as good.

I am an obsessive reader but this is the first Anthology I’ve purchased. I’m not fond of short stories. This caught my interest because two of my favorite book boyfriends are Dukes. This is not a book you can’t put down. I would read a story put it away and I finally finished the book. Needed to get it out of my TBR cabinet. I found one good story and that was by the writer Joanna Shupe. If you are someone who enjoys short stories you may like this type of book. This will be my first and last Anthology.