When Montford discovers their secret, however, he attempts to blackmails Celeste into marriage-forcing her to choose between her honor and her heart. Kieran finds a kindred spirit in the courageous Celeste, whose sexual appetites match his own, and Celeste learns Kieran's well-earned naughty reputation hides a good heart. Disguising Celeste as "Salome," the pair attend scandalous bacchanals and wager at gaming halls, along the way sharing secrets, discovering hidden talents, and falling in love. Celeste, whose father is forcing her to accept the courtship of the obnoxious Lord Montford but whose virtuous facade hides a risk-taker within, agrees to help Kieran if, in exchange, he'll bring her along on his less reputable adventures. When roguish Kieran Ransome's father demands he marry or be cut off, Kieran recruits the "most respectable woman he knows," Miss Celeste Kilburn, to help reform his reputation and introduce him to marriageable debutantes. Review by Publisher's Weekly ReviewĪ woman bargains for her freedom from society's gilded cage in Leigh's smart and sizzling introduction to her Last Chance Scoundrels regency series (after the Union of the Rakes series). From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. With this promising start to her new Last Chance Scoundrels series, Leigh (Waiting for a Scot Like You, 2021) once again displays her literary prowess for creating marvelously memorable characters and crafting sensuality-forward love stories perfectly enhanced by her deliciously acerbic sense of humor.
If Kieran wants Celeste to hook him up with well-positioned, marriage-minded misses, he is going to have to escort Celeste around the naughty corners of the town, where good girls never go. However, Kieran quickly discovers Celeste's help comes with a price. Since Celeste Kilburn is the only person Kieran knows who actually possesses a spotless reputation, his plan is to convince Celeste to provide him with an entrée to polite society, where the newly reformed Kieran can find a suitable spouse. It's official: if Kieran Ransome doesn't find a way to reform his rakish ways so that he can find a respectable woman to wed, his father is going to cut him off financially.
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