Anyone who likes romance should, too, especially if you like Victorian-era romance. But "Julia" is no such thing (minor spoiler - the fact that both "Julia" and James have the same initials was a big clue, as was the fact that "Julia" never signs her name - only her initials), and eventually after Clarissa's worthless Duke husband dies, she and James have a rather sweet romance.I enjoyed this cute little story. Miss Kirkland says she fell in love in Clarissa's garden, and would Clarissa be interested in sharing some hydrangea cuttings?It's with this beginning that Clarissa and "Julia" become friends. Kingston leaves, Clarissa gets a note from a Miss Julia Kir. Unlike her husband, James is a kind man.of course, Clarissa is a proper wife (even though her husband is far from a good husband, as he has affair after affair), and she doesn't do anything.After Mr. Christian's father, the Duke, is no good for anyone, and the Duke's best mood appears to be absent neglect.Anyway, one day Clarissa meets a man named James Kingston, a cousin of her husband the Duke. Christian, the hero of BEGUILING, is a teenage boy at the start of "Claiming," and his mother, Clarissa, is his stepmother - and, obviously, a Duchess. Review 1: "Claiming the Duchess" is a short story in Sherry Thomas's Fitzhugh cycle that's set before the events of BEGUILING THE BEAUTY and features some of the same characters.
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