In the fifth novel of the captivating Rhymes with Love series from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a young womanβs hopes of a match encounter a wickedly handsome complicationβ¦
Lavinia Tempest has been eagerly anticipating a spectacular Season. But one disastrous pile-up on the Almackβs dance floor derails all her plans. Add to that, the very stunning revelations about her motherβs scandalous past have become theΒ tonβsΒ latestΒ on dits. Laviniaβs future has gone from shining bright to blackest night in one misstep.
Alaster βTuckβ Rowland admits heβs partly to blame for Laviniaβs disastrous debut. But itβs not guilt that compels him to restore her reputation. Rather, heβs placed a wager that he can make Lavinia into of the most sought-after ladies in London. Who better than an unrepentant rake to set Society astir?
Tuckβs motives are hardly noble. But in teaching the lovely Lavinia how to win any man she wants, he suddenly finds himself tangled in the last place he ever imagined: in love.
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Excerpt
βOh, come now, no one is going to leave without you. Besides, do an old woman a favor and tell her the story.β The woman winked with a cheeky glee. βI saw that kiss at the altar. Iβd wager my broom thereβs a bit of scandal and romance to all of this.β Then she looked at the door as well. βAnd more to come if Iβm not mistaken.β
Lavinia smiled, for Tildie had the right of it. Everything about this wedding and the days leading up to it were filled with scandal β¦ and romance.
Truly, what would a quick recap for a lonely old woman cost her?
So she gathered her thoughts and tried to decide where best to begin.
βI suppose you could say it started,β Lavinia told her rapt audience, βwhen Louisa and I came to London for our Season. Our godmother, Lady Charleton, had promised to sponsor us, or so we thought.β She paused for a moment. For what had really happened was that theyβd arrived in London only to discover that the baroness had passed away over a year earlier, and it was the baronβs secretary who had made all the arrangementsβincluding finding them a suitable chaperone, Lady Aveley.
But all those points hardly mattered. And as their dear friend, Lady Essex, always said when a story got long-winded, βGet to the good part.β
So Lavinia did. βOur fortunes truly changed the night we went to Almackβs and our party was joined by Mr. Rowlandββ
At the mention of Lord Charletonβs nephew and heir, the charwoman brightened. βOh, heβs a handsome oneβthe one who stood up with His Lordshipβisnβt he?β Tildie sighed a little, her smile turning dreamy like a newly arrived debutanteβs. βKnavish looking fellow if ever there was one,β the charwoman happily mused. Then, as if thinking better of her choice of words, she added quickly, βWell, thatβs what me mum would have said.β
Though Tildie appeared to share that sentiment.
βAnd right she would be,β Lavinia advised the charwoman in no uncertain terms. For if ever there was a knave, it was Mr. Alaster Rowland. βNone of this would have happened if Mr. Rowland hadnβt let go of me in the middle of Almackβs. None of this.β She looked down at the wedding bouquet in her hands before picking up her story again.
For Tildieβs sake, and her own.
For it had all happened so fast, she hardly believed it herself.
ELIZABETH BOYLEΒ has always loved romance and now lives it each and every day by writing adventurous and passionate stories that readers from all around the world have described as βpage-turners.β Since her first book was published, sheβs seen her romances becomeΒ New York TimesΒ andΒ USA TodayΒ bestsellers and win the RWA RITA Award and the Romantic Times Reviewerβs Choice awards. She resides in Seattle with her family, her garden and always growing collection of yarn. Readers can visit her on the Web atΒ www.elizabethboyle.com.
