The second read through, I skipped them completely. I want to know what happens with Rafe and Imogen, and whenever I'd reach one of the chapters with the long and drawn-out secondary love story, I read it as fast as possible to get back to Rafe and Imogen. I really don't care what happens to them.
I really don't care about Gabe or Gillian Pythian-Adams. But the biggest issue for me in this book is the secondary love story which is, for the most part, in the way. On the downside, The masquerade is a little bit unbelievable (they aren't twins, after all, just brothers). Rafe's struggles with his alcoholism, Imogen's insecurities about her desirability (due to her first marriage), and Rafe's complete lack of confidence in himself combine to make an adorable love story. So Rafe, who has hid feelings for Imogen for some time, engages in an elaborate masquerade with Imogen who believes that he's Gabe.This is a sweet book. Backed into a corner, Gabe agrees to go, but then goes to Rafe behind her back and tells him that he'd better cover for him, because he's not going to do it - he doesn't feel that way about Imogen and he doesn't want to have an affair with her. Imogen conceives a fancy for Gabe, and propositions him. Gabe wants Rafe to hold a play for him where she can have the lead as a way of setting things straight between them. Apparently a brief love affair between Gabriel and an actress resulted in a child being born, and the ruination of the actress's career. This story begins when Rafe's illegitimate brother, Gabriel, shows up to ask Rafe for a favor. It concerns Imogen, the third sister, who so far in the series has eloped, been widowed, and caused a great deal of trouble. "The Taming of the Duke" is the third installation in the Essex sisters series.
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