I started the new year reading about shit. If that sentence was a tad offensive, then do not read this book. This book takes the crude shitty toilet humor we all know and places it in history and the biology of doing the second. Just as writing this short review, I even found it hard to write about this book without jokes, much like the book. Just be prepared for Seth MacFarlane antics in going a step too far in humor and biology on this subject.

I received a D-ARC from Edelweiss for an honest review.

I always read Sophie Jordan in hopes that I will like the next book better, and I always leave a tad disappointed, wishing something was better, but it wasn't a complete waste of time reading. I like them, and they are well written, but there is something I can't pinpoint yet about why she is never an author I recommend right away.

Storywise: A tad far-fetched in regards to Marian is desperate to take care of her family since she is the oldest daughter and head of the household and needs to make more money than she is currently making. She is also keeping the blacksmith at arm's length, but even that isn't working anymore. So, she decides (rather quickly, which made me give an eyebrow raise while reading) to do the oldest profession - prostitution. She goes to a former mistress in town and asks her questions about the business. The mistress more or less dismisses but tells her to find a man to practice on but don't fall in love. I wondered why couldn't the former mistress set this up and not Marian. So Marian goes to the one handsome and is a Duke of a man to ask. He accepts, and the rests follow the plot and trope to a HEA.

I think I had a hard time entirely liking the Hero and Heroine. There was some witty banter.

I received a d-arc from Edelweiss for an honest review.

Joy to the Duke is a delightful romance novella with a Christmas HEA. Felicity Garland returns to her childhood home to take care of her mother, after leaving when she is told by (then) the current Duke of Hartwell tells her that his son will not marry her because she is after the money. She also returns to look forward to those holiday traditions that the Duke of Hartwell (previous love of her life) will put on, but he doesn't do anything for the community.

Felicity takes it upon herself to convince the man she once loved, to ungrinch his heart for tradition and love.

I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

I am going to have to get this book for my collection.