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The Wedding Duel (The Dueling Pistols Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Katy Madison (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,788 ratings
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A charming Regency-era tale of a duel, a dilemma, and undeniable desire...

A Holt Medallion nominee for Best First Book

First published by Kensington Publishing Corp.

THE WEDDING DUEL

It was meant to be a duel like any other—defend a lady's reputation, teach a scamp a lesson in honor, and win the day. But from the first moment Keene Davies raises the cursed pistol things go awry. The shot goes astray, he wounds his best friend, and his displeased father threatens to disinherit him—unless he marries a scandalous little hoyden named Sophie.

Unbeknownst to Keene, Sophie Farthing has grown into a lovely young woman, albeit one still inclined to fall into scrapes. Her high spirits and tendency to ride hell bent for leather lead her into more than one disaster, but she's bound to make the most of this unexpected marriage to Keene. She's determined to teach her husband that honor begins with the heart, not the handle of a pistol, and that passion should go hand in glove with love...


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A playful romp with potentially emotionally devastating undertones, THE WEDDING DUEL is a must read for regency romance fans.
--Midwest Book Reviews

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004EYT0UO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 2, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 2, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4742 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,788 ratings

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Katy Madison

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Katy Madison has always loved stories. As a child she was always lugging a book around. At the age of eight, after having gone through over a hundred Nancy Drew mysteries, all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books--at least twice--and many others including her full weekly allotment of library books, Katy went to her mother and begged for a new book to read. Her frustrated mother handed her a romance novel. Katy fell in love with the romance genre. She quickly found where her mother hid the rest and began sneaking them out to read. She cut her eyeteeth on books by Georgette Heyer and Mary Stewart, not to mention dozens of Barbara Cartland's.

Katy makes her home with her family and a clumsy cat on a tree-lined street in the Midwest. She thinks there is nothing better than a curling up in front of the fireplace and escaping into a good book while a storm rages outside. Except maybe the beach without the storm, plenty of sun, and, of course, a good book.

Katy writes Gothic historical romances, one a winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award and another the winner of a Maggie. She also writes Western historical romances for Harlequin Historicals and writes contemporary Romantic Suspense as K.T. Madison. Basically she writes all kinds of romances. She's written for Kensington, Avon (HarperCollins), and Harlequin publishing houses and flies solo as an indie author, too. Her books have been in the Amazon top 100 many times.

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Deb D
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Historical Romance
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019
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The Wedding Duel by Katy Madison is a fantastic historical romance. Ms. Madison has provided readers with a well-written book loaded with outstanding characters. Keene is told by his father that he won't inherit any properties other than the entailed estate. Instead his cousin Sophie will inherit everything else. Sophie's a country girl with strict parents and has been crazy about her cousin Keene her whole life. Sophie and Keene's story is loaded with drama, misunderstandings, humor, action, sizzle and suspense. I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading more from Katy Madison in the future. The Wedding Duel is book 1 of the Dueling Pistols Series but can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful book.
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017
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Nice plot twists in this fun fairy tale of three interesting couples. Great characters. I especially enjoyed the author's handling of illegitimacy. This is the first time I have seen this subject used extensively in this genre. The writing was very good with realistic dialogue and descriptions. I had trouble putting it down. However find another copy editor. There were so many errors in grammar and sentence structure that it was truly annoying.
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Judy
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings, but she gets better
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2012
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This is a good read, if one can get pass the ignorance of the heroine. Many factors are at play here. Many characters are well drawn and their emotional conflicts well written and engaging. The author shows that she knows how to develop conflict and add depth to characters. She will do so with absolute finesse in The Wedding Runaway. This is a good start to the series.

I read this because I had read The Wedding Runaway and I liked that one; however, I have mixed feelings about this book. I felt that Sophie was just not naive, but, at times, plain stupid. No young lady, no matter how sheltered, could be that ignorant. Also, her parents were just as unbelievably stupid.

Another reviewer said this book was all about sex, but you won't be reading a lot of sex scenes as implied and the wait for the first one is quite long. The author can write, she just badly wrote the heroine in this one. Thankfully the glimpses we have of Sophie in The Wedding Runaway show her as a more mature lady.

The heroine aside, the author weaves more than one plot into her story with just the right balance. There is no 'wake up one day and they're in love' scenario. The male leads are strong without being too macho and the emotions are palpable. The discord between George and his wife is heartbreaking, Victor matures through the novel, which is a good set up for his own The Wedding Runaway. Things work out, yet the ending is not too neat. I look forward to more from this author.
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Zena
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2017
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Sophie and Keene, distant cousins and then they married. Suddenly its a very different relationship with both having unanswered questions about each others lives.
I will admit to being highly amused at times and at others wanting to kick both of them 'where the sun don't shine'. If only they would both sit down with each other and have a serious talk instead of listening to other people, but if they did then we wouldn't have had this delightful story.
It really was a fun read and I enjoyed every second of it.
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TBreakiron
4.0 out of 5 stars Historical romance with one huge misunderstanding.
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2013
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This is a historical romance novel based on one big misunderstanding. If those kinds of books aren't your thing then this isn't probably the type of book for you. But I did find the story to be enjoyable even despite the big misunderstanding that encompasses almost the entire story after the girl suffers a fall off of a horse she calls Grace. One thing that would have been nice is to know a little bit more about why the girl's mother and father had so little faith in her. I really wish some of that would have been addressed a little bit more in the story. Also gives a hint as to how little people understood medicine back then even the doctors as even after she continues to have symptoms after her fall off the horse, the doctor decides that it's symptoms of pregnancy. There is a fairly significant side story involved as well as there are a few of the other characters in the book dealing with their own romantic woes. All in all it was an interesting historical romance novel and I would probably read another by this author sometime in the future.
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Franklana
5.0 out of 5 stars Realities of Regency Romance
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2013
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I love this book enough to write a review, so that you too would also enjoy this wonderful read:

1) 6 well developed main characters all well introduced and carry on their own subplots that add a lot of zest to the story, and carry along the plot. Characters were realistic and multidimensional. No heavy sugar coating going on here. You can really get an idea of every issues/concerns that may arise at that period and how people would address it according to their station in life.

2) Complex plot of dramedy. Lots of drama, undercurrents, loose threads, but kept together with a positive tone of voice, incorporating comic insights. Well done, brilliant.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Historical romance with amusing characters.
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2017
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I grew up on historical romances, but not every writer fleshes her characters out as Ms Madison has in this story. There are several subplots running parallel to each other and each one is pulled together with a flourish and a bow at the story's end.
The heroine has all the basic elements one would expect, but her faults are more endearing than crude. She and her loved one run at cross purposes in their relationship while match making and interceding on behalf of their friends. I actually didn't expect everyone to have been set back on track as well as they were.
I did enjoy my return to historical romance and would say I would recommend this book to others. It has the behaviors of the English ton of that time right on target. There were hints of premarital and marital sex and the domineering behaviors of the men of aristocracy were reinforced repeatedly, but it was historically on point. There were no glaring editing issues which makes for easier reading. I would give it a 4.2.
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Ruth Ann Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars fun and amusing
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2018
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i really enjoyed reading this book. it was funny, exciting and adventurous to say the least. so many different people going in so many different ways. I loved it and would recommend this book who loved fun regency time. I would recommend this book to everyone. please think very quickly and buy it. its worth it. thank you
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Teresa Mer
5.0 out of 5 stars This one’s a page turner
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2017
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Just the right amount of suspense, misunderstanding and humour, this book boasts both well developed characters and story line. Really good read!
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Rosemarie Haley
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2019
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My first book by this author and i loved it.It kept my interest from page one to the very last page.Looking forward to readi g many more of her book's.
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Sushma
5.0 out of 5 stars Novel story.
Reviewed in India on December 14, 2017
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This is an entertaining story and for me the best part is that all the stroy is not just centred on the hero and heroine and all the characters are just not perfect. Though i really felt the synopsis didn't do justice to the story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A series of incorrect assumptions
Reviewed in Germany on September 26, 2016
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After the death of his younger brother and heir, Keene is pressed to marry by his father, who has conveniently chosen the bride, Keene's 2nd cousin Sophie. Sophie has led a sheltered life in the country; her parents, especially her very strict and dour father, constantly reprimand her for her somewhat wild behavior. It's rather sad her father always thinks the worst of her.
There is one incorrect assumption by various characters after another with lack of clear and direct communication between characters compounding the situations. A comedy of errors without the comedy. Without these the story would not have much bite and would be a bit shorter.
There is also the secpmdary story of Keene's friend George and George's wife Amelia, which is the cause of Keene's calling his good friend Victor out - thus the duel at the beginning. I nearly stopped reading when "Stand and deliver" (!?) is said at the duel.
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Tazzii
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it.
Reviewed in Australia on October 8, 2016
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book although did get frustrated with the characters for not doing what I thought they should. This book, for myself, I found amusing in parts, and the assumptions that the other characters made, of Sophie, makes this book so enjoyable. Thoroughly enjoyable, delightful, amusing book with a story that is a little different for this era. Will read more from this author. (Please note I do not review editing or spelling mistakes so I do not know if the editing was good or if there are spelling mistakes. I just know it is well worth reading.) Enjoy!
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