Don't Bargain with the Devil

June 15, 2009
Although dangerously attracted to the devilishly handsome illusionist Diego Montalvo, outspoken art teacher Lucy Seton is not about to let him turn the estate next door to Mrs. Harris's highly selective girls' school into another Vauxhall. But she, not the property, is the real reason Diego is in England; his goal is to regain his family vineyard by finding the long-lost granddaughter of a crafty Spanish nobleman and returning her to Spainall without laying a hand on her. This fifth installment in Jeffries's ("Let Sleeping Rogues Lie") "School for Heiresses" series teases readers with hints of the long-awaited final chapter, "Wed Him Before You Bed Him" (coming in July; look for an Xpress Review). VERDICT Honor wars with desire as the sexual tension crackles across the pages of this witty, deliciously sensual, secret-laden story. (Jeffries will talk about her series and juggling her secrets in the June 18 edition of "LJ"'s e-newsletter "BookSmack!")

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