Lauren Willig brings us the next novel in the Pink Carnation Series. As always, these novels are two stories wrapped between the covers. Eloise and Colin, are spending some time alone with each other at Selwick Hall after the holidays. Eloise has her work cut out for her researching the history of the Pink Carnation for her doctorate. What Eloise finds during the course of her research leads her into the world of King George and his madness. But, how do all of those things tie together with the Pink Carnation and the French flower spies?

Lady Charlotte Landsdown resides with her dowager grandmother at the family estate, Girdings. Her grandmother is trying to marry Charlotte off to the next eligible bachelor, but Charlotte has other ideas. She has always had a soft spot in her heart for her distant cousin Robert, the Duke of Dovedale. Robert ran off to join His Majesty's service soon after he inherited the title, and now, after spending a wonderful holiday with Charlotte, he has deserted her again and broke her heart a second time. Charlotte has been promised to the Queen as a lady in waiting soon after the holiday, so she bustles off to London to attend the Queen. She finds Robert at court and they are soon caught up in a plot to dethrone mad King George and replace him with the Prince of Whales.

THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE is the fifth book in this highly entertaining series. I thoroughly enjoy the story within a story concept. I invest just as much into Eloise and her desire to find details about the Pink Carnation as I do in the main story line with Charlotte and Robert. I enjoy the dash of historical fact interspersed with a lot of historical fiction. Willig brings the story to life in both eras, I can't wait for the next book in the series!