A Duke Changes Everything

3.5Oh boy, I've procrastinated writing reviews (I've had no time) and now ... I'll try?I cut my teeth on Regency romances and though this was a Victorian I was quite pleased with the ‘back to basics' story: An alienated/estranged son (we'll call him Nick) unexpectedly inherits a Dukedom whose finances have been squandered by an incompetent father and/or brother. He's a self-made man who wants nothing to do with the place that only holds bad memories. However once there he slowly changes his mind by spending time with those who live & work there and his female estate manager (Mina). Everything was going swimmingly but the last 1/3 dragged with the heroine just waffling about whether she would or wouldn't marry the Duke and what really annoyed me Mina turning the gambling club that provides the generous income that keeps the estate & it's residents in clover into some charity for future inventors or something just as dreamy & unrealistic.What was sure to be a 4.00 or even a 4.5 became a 3.5 and that because of the very good audio by [a:Karen Cass 13558500 Karen Cass https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1689967680p2/13558500.jpg].