Romancing the Duke was probably the best historical romance that I've read in quite a while. 
 It was a little like Beauty and the Beast meets Cinderella, but funnier and with more adult themes. 
 I loved a scarred, damaged hero and Ransom perfectly fulfilled my hopes in this regard. A once proliferate rake, brought low by circumstance but still as arrogant and prideful as ever, meets Izzy with her previous dreams of romance seemingly dashed...