Romance Book Byte: Eliza Knight's Highlander's Sins

Author: Eliza Knight
Series Connection: Stolen Bride
ISBN: 978-1492888772
Genre: Historical Romance/ Highlander
Publisher: CreateSpace

Purchase Link: Amazon

Description:

He stole her away… But she set him free… They called him The Priest. Maybe because of his billowing black robes and the steel crucifix that hung around his neck. Or perhaps it was because those who met him were compelled to pray. But Duncan Mackay was anything but a saint. He was a sinner—a paid mercenary. Until he met her, and she made him want to change his ways. 

Lady Heather Sutherland, has never been compelled to follow rules. And this time, she’s gone too far. Following in the footsteps of her brothers and cousins, she chooses to join the fight for Scottish freedom—and gets herself abducted by a handsome, rogue warrior, whose touch is sweet sin. Duncan’s duty was clear—steal Heather away from Dunrobin Castle. What he didn’t expect, was to be charmed by her spirit and rocked by her fiery kiss. Now, he doesn’t want deliver her to those who hired him, instead he wants to keep her all to himself. 

THE HIGHLANDER'S SIN is the sixth book in the Stolen Bride series, but it can stand alone. Check out the other books in the series! The Highlander's Reward The Highlander's Conquest The Highlander's Lady The Highlander's Warrior Bride The Highlander's Triumph And releasing early 2014 -- The Highlander's Temptation

Amazon's Romance Book of the Year #3

Title: The Recruit

Author: Monica McCarty

Series Connection: A Highland Guard Novel

ISBN: 978-0345528414

Genre: Historical Romance

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Purchase Link

Description:

Fiery, aggressive, and bold, Kenneth Sutherland is a true champion—skilled with any weapon and driven to win. Now Kenneth is ready for his greatest challenge: joining Robert the Bruce's secret army to fight among the elite. Kenneth's best chance to attain that honor is by winning the Highland Games. Focused and prepared for victory, he is caught off guard by a lovely wisp of a woman—and a stolen moment of wicked seduction. Her innocent arousal and her shameless hunger fire his blood. He will win his place in the guard—and in Mary of Mar's bed.

The ruggedly handsome hero-in-the-making stirs a heart that should know better. Mary vows her surrender will be sport only—no promises, no heartbreak, just one night of incredible passion. Nothing, she swears, will persuade her to give up her hard wrought independence and put her fate in the hands of another powerful man. But with every gentle touch and heart-pounding kiss, Kenneth makes her want more. Now Mary wants his heart. But is this determined champion willing to surrender everything for love?

Amazon's Romance Book of the Year #9

Title: When the Duke Found Love

Author: Isabella Bedford

Series Connection: Wylder Sisters

ISBN: 978-0345527332

Genre: Historical

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Purchase Link

Description:

The spirited Wylder sisters continue to scandalize the ton in Isabella Bradford’s witty and winsome trilogy. This time, the most impulsive of the siblings meets her match: a charming rake determined to save her from an arranged marriage.

The youngest of the Wylder girls—and the last left unwed—Lady Diana is also the most willful, a trait that’s leading her ever closer to dishonorable disaster. While her family’s solution is a fast and excruciatingly respectable marriage, Diana can’t imagine being wed to the very staid and dull Lord Crump. But while wedding plans are being made, a chance meeting at a gala turns Diana’s world upside down.

A kiss from a dazzling stranger gives Diana a most intimate introduction to one of the ton’s most resolute and scandalous bachelors, the Duke of Sheffield. Torn between family duty and her heart’s desire, Diana recklessly surrenders to the headiest of passions, recognizing that she has found a kindred soul in the handsome young duke. Soon it’s clear that seduction is no longer the game: Something deep and lasting has come to bind their hearts, and the stakes are nothing less than true love.

“Sexy, funny, touching, and truly romantic.”—New York Times bestselling author Loretta Chase

Amazon's Romance Book of the Year #10

Title: How to Be a Proper Lady

Author: Katharine Ashe

Series Connection: A Falcon Club Novel

ISBN: 978-0062031761

Genre: Historical Romance

Publisher: Avon

Release Date: June 26, 2012

Purchase Link

Desciption:

The rules of being a proper lady

1) Never take steps greater than six inches apart

2) Never look boldly at a gentleman

3) And never, ever kiss a man who is not your fiancé…

But beautiful, bold Viola Carlyle doesn’t care about the rules. And she desperately wants to kiss the notoriously tempting Captain Jin Seton, the man who brought her kicking and fighting back to English society. Kidnapped as a child, now she longs to return to that life of freedom where she was able to live—and love—as she wished.

Having hunted Viola for two years, Jin Seton has finally found his good luck—for by finding Viola his oldest, deepest debt will at last be paid. And although he has vowed not to let her win his heart, this very improper lady might finally be the one who tames him.

Romance Book Byte: Suzanne Enoch's Rules to Catch a Devlish Duke

Author: Suzanne Enoch
Series Connection: The Scandalous Brides: Book Three
ISBN: 978-0312534530
Genre: Historical
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Purchase this book here

Description:

SHE BREAKS ALL THE RULES…

Sophia White knows she will never marry into polite society. The illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, she works at the Tantalus Club, a discreet establishment for gentlemen—and her only suitor is a pastor who wants to save her soul. So when Sophia is invited to spend the holidays at the estate of Adam Baswich, the devilishly handsome Duke of Greaves, she is delighted—and determined to enjoy her last nights of freedom before surrendering her hand…

TO CAPTURE A NOBLEMAN’S HEART

Inviting Sophia for Christmas is a daring courtesy on Adam’s part, but he soon finds the pleasure is all his. Sophia is beautiful, courageous, and stubbornly self-sufficient despite her scandalous circumstances—and not at all the kind of woman he could possibly marry. Adam knows he must find a wife by his thirtieth birthday or he will lose his fortune. But can he defy convention—and convince Sophia—to risk it all in the name of true love?

About the author from her website: 

Suzanne was born in Southern California sometime in the latter half of the 20th century. In the way that some people are born knowing they want to be astronauts or cellists, Suzanne always knew she wanted to be a writer. Early dreams of becoming a zoologist and writing true stories about her adventures in Africa were crushed, however, after she viewed a television special about the world’s most poisonous snakes; she did NOT want to write about how she’d been bitten and lost a limb to a cobra. Thankfully at the same time the movie “Star Wars” premiered, and she realized that she could make up adventures and write about them, and not be eaten by deadly predators while doing research. She dabbled in romantic fantasy writing for a year or two after graduating with a degree in English from the University of California, Irvine, until her affection for traditional Regency romances led her to write one for fun. After several encouraging rejections from publishers, she snared the interest of the world’s best and most patient literary agent, who advised her to revise the manuscript. This ultimately led to the publication of her first book, The Black Duke’s Prize, from Avon Books in the Spring of 1995. A second Regency, Angel’s Devil, followed that Fall. When Avon folded its traditional Regency line, Suzanne was encouraged to try her hand at historical romance. As she remained keenly interested in England’s Regency period, she decided to attempt another manuscript set in that time. Lady Rogue hit the shelves in March of 1997. She wrote a total of 29 books for Avon, including two anthologies and a five-part contemporary series which received a pair of starred reviews from Publishers Weekly. One of those books, Twice the Temptation, was named one of the five best romances of the year by PW in 2007. In 2002 her well-known love of all things “Star Wars” led to an invitation to appear on the E! channel in the television special “Star Wars: The Force Is Back”, where she discussed the romance in the movie series and ended up with more air time than George Lucas. In 2010 Suzanne left Avon Books for St. Martin’s Press, where she continues to pen historical romance novels. Her 31st book, Taming an Impossible Rogue, is set to arrive in March 2012. Suzanne is known for her humorous characters, sexy bad boys, and whip-sharp, witty dialogue.  She currently resides in Placentia, California with several hundred guppies and various other tropical fish, and handful of very loud, spinach-loving finches. And her collection of action figures and statues from “Star Wars”, “Lord of the Rings”, “X-Men”, and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Everybody needs some inspiration, after all.

Romance Book Byte: Jenna Jaxon's Only Scandal Will Do

Author: Jenna Jaxon
ISBN: 9781616503796
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Purchase this book here

Description:

He has the woman of his dreams, but what price will he have to pay to win her heart?

Kidnapped and sold at auction in a London brothel, Lady Katarina Fitzwilliam squelches an undeniable attraction to the masked stranger who purchased her, pits her wits against him, and escapes him and the scandal that would ruin her life.

Unable to resist temptation in a London brothel, Duncan Ferrers, Marquess of Dalbury, purchases a fiery beauty. She claims she's a lady, but how can she be?

No lady of his acquaintance in polite society is anything like her. Then he discovers she is who she says, and that this latest romp has compromised her reputation. He knows how that is. One more scandal and he'll be cast out of London society, but he needs a wife who'll provide an heir to carry on his illustrious family's name. He seeks out Katarina, intending only to scotch the scandal, but instead finds his heart ensnared. He's betting their future he'll capture her heart, but does he have what it 

takes to win the wager?

WARNING: A blade-wielding heroine who crosses swords with a master of sensuality.

Romance Byte: Just Like Heaven

Author: Julia Quinn
Series Connection: The Smythe-Smiths
ISBN: 006149190X
ISBN-13: 978-0061491900
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Avon Books

Purchase this book here through Amazon
Watch the Book Trailer

Description:
HONORIA SMYTHE-SMITH IS:
A) a really bad violinist
B) still miffed at being nicknamed "Bug" as a child
C) NOT in love with her older brother's best friend
D) All of the above

MARCUS HOLROYD IS:
A) the Earl of Chatteris
B) regrettably prone to sprained ankles
C) NOT in love with his best friend's younger sister
D) All of the above

TOGETHER THEY:
A) eat quite a bit of chocolate cake
B) survive a deadly fever AND world's worst musical performance
C) fall quite desperately in love.

It's Julia Quinn at her best, so you KNOW the answer is...

D) All of the above


Just Like Heaven is the first book in The Smythe-Smith Quartet.

The Smythe-Smiths have been featured in many of Julia Quinn's books.

Minx
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton
His Kiss
What Happens in London
The Viscount Who Loved Me
An Offer from a Gentleman
36 Valentines (a novella in The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown)

Romance Byte: Dangerous Diamonds

Author: Madeline Hunter
Series Connection: The Rarest Blooms #4
ISBN-10: 0515149349
ISBN-13: 978-0515149340
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Jove Books

Purchase this book here through: Amazon

Description:
The Duke of Castleford has been so bad for so long that scandal can’t be bothered to rise up around him anymore. To alleviate the boredom of his privileged life, he occupies himself with drinking and whoring, not to mention the occasional duel. When something piques his interest, however, he has been known to emerge from his ennui and employ his considerable mental faculties to finding answers to the questions that fascinate him.

When Daphne Joyes rejects this notorious hedonist’s seduction, she assumes that he will forget about her and continue on his path to hell. Instead her beauty, grace and formidable composure captivate him, and she becomes one of those fascinations to him. That he intends to have her, and soon, is actually the least of the dangers that his pursuit of her presents. More troublesome is his interest in her past and her history, and the way he keeps poking his nose into the secrets behind the distant relative’s bequest that gave him ownership of the property where she lives.

Romance Byte: Taken By the Prince

Author: Christina Dodd
ISBN: 978-0451413048
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Signet Select 


Purchase this book here through: Amazon

Description:
Lovely Victoria Cardiff is very prim, very strict, very sure that England is the only civilized place in the world.

She’s about to find out she’s right.

Only Victoria knows the truth about dashing, dissolute, dangerous Saber Lawrence—that he is a renegade prince plotting to seize control of his country. To ensure her silence, Saber kidnaps Victoria and carries her away to his castle deep in the woods. There they hide the truth about their past: a glittering ball, angry words, a passionate kiss. He vows to vanquish her reserve … but soon finds an English governess is not so easily seduced …

Between persuasion and passion, they realize that only together can they defeat the enemies determined to destroy them. But will Saber discover too late that a woman’s heart is a treasure more priceless than any kingdom?

Great Holiday Reads: A Season of Seduction

Author: Jennifer Haymore
ISBN-13: 978-0446540285
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Forever; Original edition 

Purchase from Amazon





Description:
Although the widowed Lady Rebecca has sworn off marriage, men are another matter. London's cold winter nights have her dreaming of warmer pursuits-like finding a lover to satisfy her hungry heart. Someone handsome, discreet, and most importantly as uninterested in marriage as she is. Someone like Jack Fulton.

A known adventurer and playboy, Jack seems like the perfect choice. There's just one problem: Jack isn't interested in an affair. He needs the beautiful, mysterious Lady Rebecca to be his wife. And he doesn't have much time to persuade her. A secret from Jack's past is about to surface, and by Christmas Day he'll be either married to Rebecca or dead.
     
About the Author from her Website:
Jennifer Haymore grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she surfed, learned how to fly airplanes, raced bicycles, and developed a love for sailing. She was an avid reader and completely destroyed her eyesight by sneaking a flashlight under her covers and reading far into the nights — making her mother wonder why on earth she couldn’t get up for school in the mornings…

Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Education from UCLA. Before she became a full-time writer she held various jobs from bookselling to teaching inner-city children to playing bit roles in soap operas.

You can find Jennifer in Southern California trying to talk her husband into yet another trip to England, helping her three children with homework while brainstorming a new five-minute dinner menu, or crouched in a corner of the local bookstore writing her next novel.

Great Holiday Reads: Scandal of The Season

Author: Christie Kelley
ISBN-13: 978-1420108774
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Zebra 

Purchase from Amazon
Purchase from Barnes and Noble

Description:
A Daring Charade…
For ten years, Anthony Westfield, Viscount Somerton, hasn’t been able to forget the woman with whom he spent one scandalous night. When their paths cross again, he’s shocked to discover Victoria Seaton is an accomplished pickpocket. But Somerton leads a double life of his own. Working on an undercover assignment, he makes Victoria a proposition: pretend to be his mistress or risk ruin. Yet soon he’s tempted to turn their charade into reality—and surrender to an explosive passion…

A Holiday To Remember…
Victoria can’t believe the man who almost destroyed her life a decade ago is now threatening to unravel her secrets. But posing as his mistress at a holiday country party is a game she can play well. For just one look into Somerton’s eyes still weakens her with lust. And with Christmas fast approaching, every kiss they share under the mistletoe only makes Victoria fall more deeply in love…

About the author from her Website:
Christie Kelley was born and raised in upstate New York. As a child, she always had a vivid imagination and the bad dreams that go along with it, or perhaps the dreams were caused by the five brothers and three sisters she lived with. After seventeen years working for financial institutions in software development, she took a leap of faith and started her first book. Seven years later, her first book EVERY NIGHT I’M YOURS was bought by Zebra books.

She now lives in Maryland with her husband and two future romance heroes.

Great Holiday Reads: The Christmas Knight

Author: Michele Sinclair
ISBN-13: 978-1420108552
Genre: Historical

Publisher: Zebra Books
 
Purchase from Amazon
 
Description:
Her Only Hope For The Season
With their father gone this Christmastide, Bronwyn de Breton and her two younger sisters are utterly vulnerable at unprotected Hunswick Castle. And their troubles are compounded when a fearsome knight arrives on the king’s orders to take Hunswick as his own—and the youngest de Breton daughter as his wife.

Is A Man She’s Never Met
Bronwyn would never let her little sister be forced to marry a man as rough and wild as the new lord is whispered to be. Yet someone must form an alliance with him, or all of Hunswick will be at risk. So she steps forward, pretending to be her own sister.

And A Love She Never Expected
But the new lord is not so easily fooled. He knows Bronwyn is not the woman he has promised to marry. And yet, no matter how duty-bound he may be, there is no resisting the golden-haired beauty who so fearlessly gives herself to him…and awakens a passion unlike any he’s ever known…

Romance Byte: Wicked Intentions

Author: Elizabeth Hoyt 
Series Connection: Maiden Lane
ISBN-13: 978-0446558945
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Purchase from Amazon
Purchase from Barnes and Noble

Description:
A MAN CONTROLLED BY HIS DESIRES
Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London's most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows the area like the back of her hand—she cares for its children at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk…

A WOMAN HAUNTED BY HER PAST

Caire makes a simple offer—in return for Temperance's help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to high society so that she can find a benefactor for the home. But Temperance may not be the innocent she seems, and what begins as a cold bargain soon falls prey to a passion neither can control—and may well destroy them both.

Romance Byte: A Kiss at Midnight

Author: Eloisa James
ISBN-13: 978-0061626845
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Avon

Purchase from Amazon
Purchase from Barnes and Noble

Description:
Miss Kate Daltry doesn't believe in fairy tales... or happily ever after.

Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball, Kate meets a prince... and decides he's anything but charming. A clash of wits and wills ensues, but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman—a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfill his ruthless ambitions.

Gabriel likes his fiancé, which is a welcome turn of events, but he doesn't love her. Obviously, he should be wooing his bride-to-be, not the witty, impoverished beauty who refuses to fawn over him.

Godmothers and glass slippers notwithstanding, this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy any chance that Kate and Gabriel might have a happily ever after.

Unless a prince throws away everything that makes him noble...

Unless a dowry of an unruly heart trumps a fortune...

Unless one kiss at the stroke of midnight changes everything

Romance Byte: How to Beguile a Beauty

Author:  Kasey Michaels
Series Connection: The Daughtry Family
ISBN: 9780373774333
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: HQN

Purchase the book from Amazon
Purchase the book from e-harlequin
Purchase the book from Barnes and Noble
 
Description:
When her beloved dies in battle, Lady Lydia Daughtry assumes she'll never love again. Until a deliciously handsome duke awakens a part of her she never knew existed. But how can she have such feelings for Tanner Blake, who is a constant reminder of all she has lost?

Tanner Blake, duke of Malvern, promised his dying friend he'd take care of his "dearest Lyddie." So how dare he covet the lush, lovely young woman for himself—especially since he is all but betrothed to another? His solution: find Lydia a suitable husband immediately. But when both their lives become fraught with mystery and danger, Tanner's vow becomes intensely personal…renewing his desire to keep Lydia by his side forever.

Romance Byte: The Irish Warrior

Author: Kris Kennedy
ISBN-13: 978-1420106534
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Zebra

Purchase The Irish Warrior here.

Winner of the 2008 Golden Heart winning manuscript

Description:
Inhibited, accountant-minded Senna de Valery comes to Ireland to finalize a deal that will save her faltering wool business. What she gets instead is a cunning English lord with dangerous ulterior motives.

Forced to rely on her wits, not her ledgers, Senna frees an Irish warrior chained in the prisons, and together they flee across the war-torn land of medieval Ireland.  But Finian O’Melaghlin is much more than a charming, roguish warrior.  He is councilor to his king, on a grave mission to recover military secrets, and has a dangerous agenda of his own.

Neither is prepared for the powerful forces arrayed against them …

Neither can resist the fiery passion igniting between them …

Neither can imagine the sacrifices they will face, nor the choices they will be forced to make …

King and outlaws, weapons and war: Can love indeed triumph over all?

About the author from her website: 
I love writing. I can feel my fingers actually move towards the keyboard. I love everything about it, except the times when I’m dying inside because I can’t make it work. And later, when it passes, I love even that, for its raw, despairing intensity. I love wondering how to put in 'cliffhangers' and red herrings into my stories. I love trying to figure out whose point of view a scene should be in. I love developing tortured characters. Poor things, to be stuck in my psyche. :-) I love figuring out who has the most to lose, then making them lose it. I love punctuation.

I know, it's sick.

For more information on Kris Kennedy check out her website at: http://kriskennedy.net/

Weekly Contest: Win a copy of Ten Things I Love About You

Author: Julia Quinn
ISBN: 978-0-06-149189-4
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Avon

Don't want to wait to see if you WIN this book? Purchase it at this link!

Ten Things You Should Know About This Book
1) Sebastian Grey is a devilishly handsome rogue with a secret.

2) Annabel Winslow's family voted her The Winslow Most Likely to Speak Her Mind AND The Winslow Most Likely to Fall Asleep in Church.

3) Sebastian's uncle is the Earl of Newbury, and if he dies without siring an heir, Sebastian inherits everything.

4) Lord Newbury detests Sebastian and will stop at nothing to prevent this from happening.

5) Lord Newbury has decided that Annabel is the answer to all of his problems.

6) Annabel does not want to marry Lord Newbury, especially when she finds out he once romanced her grandmother.

7) is shocking, 8) is delicious, 9) is downright wicked, all of which leads the way to

10) Happily. Ever. After.

Enter RBS's Weekly Contest:
This week enter to win Ten Things I Love About You. Just click on our e-mail address and leave a message with your favorite romance book. roni@romancebookscene.com.

Rules:
    •    Contest ends Midnight US West Coast Time on  June 20, 2010.
    •    Entrants will be subscribed to our newsletter.
    •    US and Canada Residents only for this contest please.
    •    Winners will be given a deadline to provide their name and address by email. Failure to comply will result in forfeiture and the drawing of a new winner.
    •    Neither Romance Book Scene nor the author will assume responsibility for non-delivery by the US Postal Service.
    •    Your email address will never be sold to a third party.

Romance Byte: Lies and Seduction

Author: Victoria Black
ISBN:  978-1-60088-540-2
Genre: Historical/ Erotic Romance
Publisher: Cobblestone Press

[Excerpt]

It isn't often that you find romances that take place in this era.

Description:
It is 1941 and the second World War is raging. Captain Adrian Carruthers abducts lovely Helen James in the belief she is a German spy. But Helen is no traitor. She wants to fight the enemy by using all the charms of her body.

Helen believes she has found her ideal first assignment in the handsome captain. Can she seduce him into telling her all he knows? The last thing she needs is a man who has already learnt a bitter lesson about women who trade their bodies for his country's secrets.

From the back of her book:
Victoria Black lives in Australia. She is especially interested in the Second World War. She loves—admittedly from the safe distance of time—the inherent romance and danger of those days, when heroes and heroines pitted their wits and their bodies against a merciless and determined foe. When she’s not writing, Victoria can be found in the kitchen, cooking. She loves fine food and wine, along with the occasional margarita.

Romance Byte: Mistress By Mistake

Author: Maggie Robinson
Series Connection: The Courtesan Court Trilogy, Book 1
ISBN-13: 978-0758250995
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Kensington Brava

Purchase this book here.

Description:
Scandal is only the beginning…

Charlotte Fallon let her guarded virtue fall once—and she’s paid dearly for it ever since. She swore she’d never succumb to men’s desires again. But even a village spinster’s life miles from temptation can’t save her from a sister with no shame whatsoever. Or a heart that longs for more, whatever the cost…

Sir Michael Bayard found more than he expected in his bed when he finally joined his new mistress. He’d fantasized about her dewy skin and luscious curves, assured her understanding that what passed between them was mere dalliance. But he didn’t expect the innocence and heat of her response in his arms. Nor her surprisingly sharp tongue once she was out of them…

A few days of abandon cannot undo the hard-learned lessons of a lifetime. Nor can an honest passion burn away the restraints of society’s judgments. Unless, of course, one believes in nonsense like true love…

Romance Byte: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

Author: Sarah Maclean
ISBN: 978-0061852053
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Avon; Original edition

Purchase your copy here

Description:
An entertaining Regency debut.

A lady does not smoke cheroot.

She does not ride astride.

She does not fence or attend duels.

She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club.

Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried—and more than a little unsatisfied. And so she's vowed to break the rules and live the life of pleasure she's been missing. But to dance every dance, to steal a midnight kiss—to do those things, Callie will need a willing partner. Someone who knows everything about rule-breaking. Someone like Gabriel St. John, the Marquess of Ralston—charming and devastatingly handsome, his wicked reputation matched only by his sinful smile.

If she's not careful, she'll break the most important rule of all—the one that says that pleasure-seekers should never fall hopelessly, desperately in love . . .