The Wicked Widow Meets Her Match

March 15, 2014
The sixth in Sloane's Regency Rogue series, after The Scoundrel Takes a Bride (2013), finds the Earl of Stonecliffe, Langdon Bourne, bereft since Sophia, the woman he thought he loved, married his brother. Langdon still has his place in the Young Corinthians, a secret spy organization, and a mission, to find the man called the King, head of the infamous Kingsmen, who ordered the death of Sophia's mother. Rumor has it that Grace Crowther, whose husband has also been murdered, holds the key to the King's identity, which means both sides want her. But when Langdon meets Grace, he instantly falls for her, as she does for him, and he vows to protect the vulnerable woman. The King has ordered Grace's death, however, so Langdon knows an ultimate battle between himself and the King as well as between the Kingsmen and the Young Corinthians is inevitable. Sloane pulls out all the stops with plots and counterplots leading up to the unmasking and defeat of the ultimate villain, rounding out the series on a high note.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)