One title to change his life…
A disgraced son with a dark reputation, William Ferguson Avenel is content to live in exile in Scotland – until his father dies in the scandal of the Season, making him the new Duke of Rothwell and leaving him in charge of his young sisters. With rumors of insanity swirling around their family, the girls desperately need a chaperone. And he thinks he’s found the lady for the job…until Rothwell discovers her dangerous secret life.
One chance to break the rules….
Lady Madeleine Vaillant may be the perfect chaperone, but she can’t face her blighted future without making one glorious memory for herself. In disguise on a London stage, she finds all the adoration she never felt from the ton. But when she’s nearly recognized, she will do anything to hide her identity – even make a devil’s bargain with Rothwell, who saves her from discovery by claiming her as his mistress. She’ll take the pleasure he offers – but Madeleine won’t lose her heart in the bargain.
One season to fall in love…
Every stolen kiss could lead to discovery, and Rothwell’s old enemies are determined to ruin them both. But as their dangerous passion ignites their hearts and threatens their futures, how can an heiress who dreams of freedom deny the duke who demands her love?
Didn’t finish- ridiculous and poorly plotted It’s rare that I leave a book unfinished. I read quickly and usually, even if a book is bad, it’s funny enough to finish. But this book was bland and unbelievable and poorly written. The hero’s motivations don’t make any sense. I would be ok with that if the writing were any good, but it’s not. Information that should really come out in dialogue is one sentence of exposition (“They told her how horrible their childhood was” is almost exactly a sentence in the book). Blink and you’ll…
boring with ridiculous contrivances I don’t understand all the talk about graphic sex in this novel. Obviously those who view the sex as graphic have not read novels where the sex is truly graphic. I do not mind sex in romance, in fact, I prefer a writer who can create a passionate scene without using ridiculous euphemisms. Isn’t that part of romance? That is not to say that I prefer novels where there is no plot and too much sex. To each his own, but I do not see an issue with this novel.
WILL LOVE WIN OUT OVER DUTY? In Book I of the Muses of Mayfair series, the author features Lady Madeleine Vaillant, a young woman bound by the constraints of the society in which she lives. opens in the spring of 1812 to a ball Madeleine is not the least bit interested in attending.