No Good Duke Goes Unpunished

The final two sentences of the epilogue to No Good Duke Goes Unpunished provided a key hint to the last novel, Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover.

[1] This novel is slightly unusual for the genre, as the book for the most part avoids the traditional London society settings for historical romances, instead taking place largely in the underworld, a casino.

Temple was exiled from his life as a privileged aristocrat twelve years previously, when he was accused of murdering his father's fiancé, Mara.

[1] In Library Journal, Barbara Hofffert said the book "can be profoundly unsettling";[2] Patterson agreed, warning readers that the novel might leave them in tears.

[1] According to Kathe Robin in Romantic Times, "this is not just a marvelous deep-sigh romance, but a story in which the intensity and profound significance linger long after the tale is done.