Kieran and Celeste have wonderful, earthy, evenhanded chemistry. Leigh’s overall message – that everyone has different sides to them, no rake is purely a rake, no society miss a pure society miss – is a true and fun one. Leigh has fun, the reader has fun, and even a cameoing Beverly Jenkins has fun.
We have a rake who writes erotic and romantic poetry falling in love in spite of himself, and a seemingly sweet miss dying to don a mask and find out about gambling, those ubiquitous erotic books, and all the various social ills she must avoid to come to the marriage bed pure as a daisy. The Good Girl’s Guide to Rakes is decadent in the best of ways. But Celeste’s lessons in lust soon prove to be far more hands-on than anticipated – and she and Kieran find themselves falling in love. She wears a mask, becomes Salome, and experiences all the gambling hells, erotic salons and wild drunken partying she’s been denied. Celeste agrees to introduce Kieran to some classy girls –if he’ll take her into London’s notorious underbelly so she can Experience Real Lust and Life before marrying a stuffy Earl.
But Celeste wants to Live and Have Adventures not just maintain a clean reputation so she’ll be accepted by the ton. Everyone loves Celeste, and her reputation is beyond reproach. In desperation, Kieran turns to Celeste Killburn, Dom’s sister, for help in cleaning up his reputation. Lying about Dom’s true motive, Kieran and his brother Finn now have to marry before the end of the year or face major consequences – they’ll be cut off financially by their families. After years of carousing, he’s finally caused a scandal big enough to upset his father – providing an out for his best friend (also his sister Willa’s fiancée) Dom, who jilts Willa at the altar because his Dark Past will not allow him to Sully Her Reputation And Soul By Marrying Him. Notorious rake Kieran Ransome is in deep trouble.
The Good Girl’s Guide to Rakes combines Leigh’s characteristic spice with some earthy language and a heroine who doesn’t back away when confronted with her guy’s naughty side. In the first volume of this brand-new series, bad boys meet good women and find themselves tempted by family ties. Eva Leigh and her Scotsmen are at it again.
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