Then there is Katherine, and like Jasper, she is sophisticated but well developed. As a Duke, the widowed Jasper has the power to keep the entire world away from himself and lead a miserable life as he wishes. There is no shine in a man who lived his life differently he has one friend who visits him frequently. He is gruff, rude and sometimes nasty.Ĭhristi develops her main character well, and soon you realize that this is not a shield or brave.

He confides himself in a self-imposed prison to grieve the loss of his wife and child. Even though young and widowed, he is not being “hunted” by any marriage-minded lady. The main character in the story is Jasper an acutely haunted man. The author has also found inspiration for writing books from other authors such as Julia Quinn for whom she admits has a unique voice and her novels tell narrate brilliant stories from amazing characters.īefore writing, Christi worked as a high school history teacher and quit her job to begin full-time authorship and motherhood.įor the Love of the Duke is debut novel in The Heart of a Duke series by bestselling author Christi Caldwell. Christi Caldwell book Heart of a Duke features twin sisters whom the author claims that she was inspired to write about twins by the fact that the doctors informed her that she was expecting twin daughters. It redefined, Christi’s idea of character perfection and filled her with a desire to write more stories about imperfect protagonists, who deserved to succeed over their struggles and eventually live a happily ever after.

However, before her son’s birth, she used to write stories about perfect characters, but when her son was born and discovered that he had Down’s syndrome everything ultimately changed. She and her husband were high school sweethearts and began dating at the age of 15 years and never broke up not once and graduated together and shortly later they got married.Īccording to an interview, Christi’s inspiration for writing her debut novel was her son. The author was born and spent her childhood in Southern New England shoreline town and relocated to Concord, North Carolina.

Christ began writing back in 5th grade, and since then she has held the passion for writing.

Since then she has authored over a dozen novels, in different series, collections, and omnibuses. Caldwell became a published author in 2013 when Forever Betrothed, Never the Bride, the first book in Scandalous Seasons series was published. Christi Caldwell is New York Times and the USA Today bestselling author of romance and fiction books.

The Vixen by Christi Caldwell