Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart

Starred review from May 1, 2011
Juliana Fiori knows everyone in the ton is just waiting for her to fail, and take after her scandalous mother, a marchioness who abandoned her husband and family to run off with an Italian merchant. For the sake of her newfound British family, Juliana is doing her best to avoid any hint of impropriety, but she finds herself continually falling short of the high standard of decorum set by the likes of Simon Pearson, Duke of Leighton. This only prompts her to want to prove to Simon that anyoneeven the Duke of Disdaincan be tempted to throw societys rules away in the name of passion. What Juliana doesnt know is that Simon is much more familiar with scandal than she imagines, and that he isnt about to risk everything hes worked so hard to attain just for romance. All of the elements readers have come to expect from literary supernova MacLean can be found in her latest exquisitely crafted historical Regency, from clever plotting to a perfectly matched hero and heroine, well-conceived secondary characters, and an abundance of scintillating comedy and sexy romance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)