Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 Dukes Prefer Blondes is a book with irresistible characters, a great plot, and tons of witty banter. Y'all know how dearly I love a battle of wits, and this couple just never slows down on the battlefront. It would be A+ material if not for the extremely odd construction. It feels like this book is one draft short of finished, and also like it's two books crammed into one. 
 My favorite Loretta Chase books involve relationships that I would never, ever want to be in (they seem exhausting) but that I never tire of reading about. While Dukes Prefer Blondes doesn't have a battle of wills as strong as the infamous battle between Jessica and Dain in Lord of Scoundrels (no one gets shot, for starters) Clara and Oliver are in constant conflict. This would be awful if not for the fact that they are both so damn smart and so damn funny. Think 1940's comedy - Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant or Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. By the end of the book Clara and Oliver seem to have settled into a slightly less madcap Myrna Loy/William Powell Thin Man kind of dynamic, but that still leaves plenty of room for banter. 
 Even though the book's plotting is all the hell over the place, I still adored it because of the exchanges between Clara and Oliver. They would be horrible jerks were it not for the fact that their verbal volleys (particularly those that occur after Clara helps find the kid) are couched in mutual respect and affection. Both of these people have been longing for a sparring partner who can keep up with them. 
 As it happens, it's also entertaining for the reader. I'd love to see an on-going mystery series with these people. I just wish this particular book wasn't at least two, possibly three, books crammed into one. 
 - Carrie S.