I received this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I just was not able to get into this book. I tried several times but couldn’t finish.

A delightful historical romance that warms your heart!

An American Duchess is about the arrival of Beranger Northcott, Duke of Brightshire in Kent England.
The arrival causes a stir. because the Duke has a new American wife, who isn’t quite what anyone expects.

By accepting the hand of her beloved, Emma Brinkman went from hardworking Colorado rancher to duchess. Now she’s expected to comport herself as nobility. Overnight. For Emma—stifled, homesick, and unable to shake the feeling she’s being watched her suspicions appear to correct. One that might just be dangerous...

An enchanting story you will enjoy!

Beranger Northcott arrives back in England to claim his title as the Duke of Brightshire, his estate is in Kent and with him is his new American bride Emma. Life changed for Emma when she married Beranger, her father owns one of the largest cattle ranches in Colorado and she’s left her family behind in America. The new duchess is very down to earth, not used to having servants and treats everyone as an equal. Emma feels she’s being watched, the previous Duke passed away in suspicious circumstances and she’s worried about her husband’s safety.

Charlotte Aldridge works at her Aunts bakery, when her cousin is ill and she fills in for her working as a scullery maid at the castle. She meets the duchess when she tours the kitchen, she’s promote to helping the pastry chef and is surprised how friendly the duchess is.
Charlotte and Emma have a lot in common, both will do anything and take risks for the people they love. Danger is lurking and the person behind it is not someone you would expect. An American Duchess, is a quick and entertaining read. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review and three stars from me.

I enjoyed the beginning, getting to know the characters, and reading about a young woman from Colorado suddenly becoming a Duchess. There was more than one story happening in the book. I liked the other characters and their story, but at times it all jumbled together for me. I think I would have enjoyed them as separate stories a little more.

There are a few mysteries happening. Someone has stolen a letter from the Duchesses father, it suspected the Duke is being poisoned, and the past Duke was apparently murdered. Everyone is suspect.

The reason I gave this story 3 stars instead of 4 is that there was almost too much going on in the story that it felt weighed down. I still would like to read how the Duke and Duchess met and fell in love. It is in a previous story, Heart of Mine.

Source: I requested a copy from Netgalley a couple of years ago. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

I just found out that American Duchess is part of a series about Colorado born women and have to seek out the others in the series!

Caroline Fyffe has done more than write another romance about one of the American debutantes who married into Gilded Age royalty. This is much more of a novel of friendship and empathy with a dash of comedy of manners. Emma and Charlotte are both wonderful heroines helping each other to navigate unfamiliar territory.

Truly an enjoyable read!

This is not my usual type of novel but I enjoyed reading it with its story of a girl from Colorado who ended up a Duchess married to Beranger who was once an unwanted child before inheriting the Dukedom on the mysterious death of his half brother. It is a novel of romance mixed with nobility and of course revenge. When Emma arrives the only person who becomes her friend is Charlotte who is acting as a scullery maid whilst her cousin is ill. Charlotte is a wonderful baker and that is soon discovered. Whilst the new Duke settles in he decides to ignore the cruelty that was shown to him by his step - mother and welcomes her and her daughter into his family circle, but she has a hidden agenda too and is not showing her real feelings in his presence. Add to the mix a handsome game keeper, a male cousin who is too interested in Charlotte plus some people from Beranger's youth and you have a great cast of characters for the author to manipulate. When the Duke takes ill Emma becomes more like her old self in uncovering the truth of what is happening and but in the end she is helped by the arrival of two of her cowboy pals.

There's a lot of mayhem going on in this delightful Victorian novel! It's fun to read a story of an American coming back "across the pond" to take her place in English society. Emma and Beranger had no expectations of him becoming the new Duke and Emma is quite up to this position, according to some--namely her wicked her step-mother-in-law.

I loved watching Emma take on this challenge, mingling her background with her new expectations. She isn't what they expect, and while she tries to conform in some ways, she stays true to herself, bringing a breath of fresh air to the stuffiness of society.

There is a mystery, waiting to be discovered, and danger abounds, especially when the Duke falls ill. It was fun trying to guess what was going on and who was behind it, and that's where my slight issues lie. I'm not going to say more, as I don't want to spoil it.

Emma and Beranger are already married, but there is still a lot of romance and romantic tension to be found. The relationships steal the cake for this one--not only between this charming couple, but within the friendships, new and old, that are formed. This book definitely found its place within my heart.

Content: mild+ romance (all behind closed doors, but implied, kissing); mild+ language; very mild religion

I have a bit of a guilty pleasure when it comes to historical romances. I love the heiress trope. Caroline Fyffe’s American Duchess takes the typical heiress trope and flips it a bit. Typically, the duchess is from the northern east coast, usually Boston or the like. In this case, she’s from Colorado, running one of the biggest ranches with her sisters. After falling madly in love with transplanted Englishman Beranger North, she finds herself heading to England with him as the new Duke and Duchess of Brightshire.

There’s a lot happening in this book. There’s the new Duke and Duchess, who are adorable but there is also a second love story – that of Charlotte Aldridge, niece of the baker and Tristen Llewellyn, the nephew of the gamekeeper at the estate. Charlotte was taken in by her aunt, but pretty much can’t do anything well enough to satisfy her. By pure luck, she ends up filling in and is offered a position by the Duchess. Tristen’s story is completely different. Taken in by his aunt and uncle, he’s loved and is happy to take over the gamekeeper position when his uncle takes ill. On top of the love story, there are secrets and mystery. The Duke takes ill mysteriously, a letter of Emma’s disappears, and even the former Duke has secrets coming to light after his death.

I’m actually not a huge mystery fan but I like a bit of intrigue to my romance. It lends something to what might be an otherwise saccharine storyline. This had enough twists and turns to keep me interested. In fact, An American Duchess teetered on the edge of being an American Gothic in England. The romance was sweet without being overpowering and I really liked that Emma and Beranger, while had chaos around them, did not have drama in their relationship. Charlotte and Tristen really had me hoping for the best for them. They’ve had enough happen in their lives and deserved a bit of happiness. While there were quite a few cliches occurring along the way, I find that I don’t mind it in historical romance. Certainly, don’t read this if you are the type to pick apart language and historical fact in novels. However, if you like your romance with intrigue like I do, and don’t mind some historical fudging, then you can’t get much better than Caroline Fyffe!

I liked this book but it was quite long and I wanted to know what happened, so l kept reading. It is an emotional book full of twists and turns. I especially liked the main characters especially Emma and Charlotte. I recommend it to be read

A continuation of Emma Brinkman and Beranger Northcott’s story. But now Emma is a Duchess married to Beranger Northcott, Duke of Brightshire. Beranger never expected to become the Duke, until his brother is found dead in the forest near his castle in Brightshire, England. So the just married couple set sail on the high seas and journey to England so Beranger can take over his Duke duties. Things don’t seem to be what they look at the Castle. When the Duke takes ill, Emma begins to wonder if someone is out to kill him.

I found this book enjoyable to see how Emma acclimated to the English way of life, especially as part of the aristocracy. Going from being a ranch owner, to becoming a Duchess, Emma had a lot to learn. Can she be a good Duchess for her husband, or is it all too much for her and will she return to life in Colorado.

Very enjoyable book and I would recommend it to others.

I had a hard time getting interested in the storyline. it didn't grab my attention enough to finish it. I was given this book free from NetGalley an exchange for my honest opinion.

The story is well thought out and nicely written making this an exciting page turner and one which I am more than happy to recommend."

Watching an American rake on the role of Duchess was a lot of fun. Emma moves to England after she marries Beranger Northcutt who has just inherited the title of the Duke of Brightshire. I have to say this book is a great read. I did not know this is the second book in a series but I will be reading that one next.

I had a hard time with this book. There are two different romances going on with different POV's, unexpected cowboys from America and a mystery illness. I think there was way to much crammed into this story. Caroline Fyffe is a great writer but this story wasn't for me. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC.

This was a fun light read. A historical romance without much angst or substance. I enjoyed this but wouldn’t read it again, it lacked depth or real storyline but I’d say a ideal read for the beach, relaxing and requiring little concentration.

While An American Duchess purports to be a standalone novel, or possibly the first in a new series, it’s actually the second book about the same couple, Emma and Beranger, who apparently met in a previous book by the author about five sisters from Colorado, before Beranger unexpectedly inherited a duchy and has to return to England to claim it.

The frustrating thing about this book is that the author doesn’t seem to be able to decide what it’s about; is it the story of the original couple, trying to fit into English life despite opposition from enemies seen and unseen, or is it a completely different romance about Charlotte, a young woman who works in a bakery, and her budding romance with Tristen Llewelyn, an assistant gamekeeper with a slightly shady past?

Having finished the book, I still don’t know. Either could have been a good story with enough space devoted to it, but the continuously switching points of view served only to frustrate me, because every time one part of the story got interesting, the point of view would switch to someone from the other couple and I’d lose the thread again.

Every side character in the book read like a caricature, from the mean stepmother (twice) to a mustache-swirling dastardly aristocrat out to steal the heroine’s virtue, except the author couldn’t quite bring herself to write him as actually willing to do anything when push came to shove. And it REALLY frustrates me when American authors try to write romances set in England, particularly with aristocratic characters, and don’t get an actual English proofreader to check their Americanisms and forms of address. ‘Gold coins’ being dropped on the table? Really? This isn’t fantasyland, this is Victorian England, and you can take the time to look up the actual currency if you want to write there, thank you. It’s ‘bakery’, not a ‘bakehouse’ and while the American might possibly get the forms of address wrong, nobody else is EVER going to use the terms ‘Duke’, ‘Duchess’ and especially not ‘Dowager Countess’ as direct forms of address!

If you REALLY want to write in a time period and place you’re not intimately familiar with, either hire an editor who is or do your research. I recommend Susanne Alleyne’s Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders as a good starting point for terms of address and to figure out all the other things you should be considering to avoid annoying readers like myself who despise when authors can’t be bothered to get things right.

Two stars, and you’re only getting that many because there was a really novel method of subtle attack on the hero I hadn’t read before and would never have figured out.

An enjoyable historical romance. Well written, with good character development, if a little predictable ... but that's what I want from this sort of book. My thanks to the publisher, Montlake Romance, Caroline Fyffe and Netgalley for the opportunity to read the book.

This was my first novel I have read by Ms. Fyffe and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I did not know it is part of a series but I felt it could be a stand alone. I will go back and read the first one however. The author beautifully tells a story of Victorian England, and weaves many elements together. There is romance, mystery, social class, and a little suspense. I highly recommend it.
Many thanks to Montlake Romance and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

What a lovely book by a First-time Author to me this was even though I have had a few of her books sitting on my Kindle for some time. It has always been her book covers that draw me into her books even without reading a word before. You can rest ashore I will be reading more of her books now that I have the first-hand experience of her writing and storytelling ability to draw the reader into her wonderful land of the late 1880s. This book is told by many different POV's but I love that about this book as I feel the story had more depth and knowledge by her writing in this format.

This Victorian Historical Romance will have you busy keeping up with all the characters and dramas that will unfold in Brightshire Kent England. Duke of Brightshire. Beranger and Duchess Emma have arrived in England to claim their rightful place in English society. A place that is Beranger by birth that he has only recently found out about after leaving his home at the age of 13. With no other heirs left after the last one had a mishap.

Beranger memories are not happy ones but he hopes to make a life for himself and his new bride back in his place of birth. Emma is an American girl that is more familiar to the life on a Colorado ranch than the high society of the English noble families. She loves her and will follow him anywhere but can she fit into this life of prestige and positions.

Charlotte Aldrige is the local baker girl that lives and works for her Aunt. She soon finds herself working in the Castle when her cousin Amelia is sick and unable to work her position as a Scully maid in the castle. She is soon noticed for fine ability to bake and she befriends the new mistress of the castle the new American duchess Emma.

This story is full of mystery, friendships, suspense, love, danger, secrets, and adjustments that it will keep you hooked to every word. Emma will try to make her way in this new world but she will also keep her own beliefs and values to maybe even try and chance this English society she now finds herself in.

I learnt after reading this book that this book is a spin-off of another series by Caroline Fyffe "Colorado Hearts" where we would have met one of our heroines, Emma, already. She's one of the five sisters of Five Sisters Ranch in Colorado. I will have to have these books to my read list. "Heart of Mine (Colorado Hearts Book 3)" is where Emma Brinkman and Beranger North met and fall in love.

I really couldn't get into this book and kept putting it down and reading other books. I did however finish it. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it more having read the previous story that included Emma and Beranger...

This is my first book by Fyffe. I'll probably pick up another one to give her another shot, but it won't be anytime soon.