The Accidental Duchess

Written by Jessica Benson
Review by Nan Curnutt

“I married the wrong man.” So begins this deliciously funny Regency novel. Gwendolyn Armistead accidentally married Harry, the Earl of Cambourne, when she had intended to marry his care-for-nobody, easy-going younger twin brother, Bertie. The brothers were always enjoying fooling people by switching identities, but Gwen could tell the difference – or could she? Now Gwen has got the wrong man. Or has she? This wrong man seems right in so many ways.
Jessica Benson spins a delightfully wicked tale of love and deceit as Gwen, aided by her fun-loving friends and hampered by her deceitful relatives, seeks to find a way out of this scandal and into the correct marriage bed. This novel is a refreshing and entertaining romp from beginning to end.