Lady Ivy Sinclair strolls through London society causing
heads to turn with her wild antics. Ivy, along with her
brothers and sisters, are known as the "Seven Deadly Sins."
Their father cast the lot of them out of Scotland for their
wicked ways with a vow that if they did not regain
respectability, he would cut them off without a dime. Ivy
has her eyes set on Lord Tinsdale, a staid member of
society. She believes he will offer for her, until he
throws her over for Miss Feeney, the newest Irish beauty.
Envy overwhelms Ivy and she plots to win back his
affection. Ivy hires a handsome actor to impersonate the
Marquess of Counterton. He will woo Miss Feeney away from
Tinsdale, leaving Ivy an opening to win back Tinsdale's
affection.
After unexpectedly inheriting his title, Dominic Sheridan,
the Marquess of Counterton, leaves quiet rural Lincolnshire
to settle his affairs in London. He never expects a
beautiful woman to grab and kiss him. She offers him a
proposition and he cannot turn it down. Nic turns on his
famous Counterton charm. It is a talent or fault the
Counterton males have passed down. He agrees to the
impersonation, believing that Ivy needs to be taught a
lesson for her cockeyed scheme. He never imagined he fall
in love with Ivy.
Ivy cannot face the possibility of permanent disapproval
from her father. She convinces herself she has no other
options but to marry the predictable Tinsdale. Her heart
rebels and pleads with her to trust Nic and walk away with
him, even if it means losing her family.
This second book in Ms. Caskie's Seven Deadly Sins series
shines as the envious Ivy learns hard lessons about what is
truly important in family and love. Nic is the perfect foil
for her as the charming rogue who learns his own lessons
about love. Adding to the richness of the story, Ms. Caskie
begins each chapter with a quote regarding envy giving
readers different insights into the sin of envy.
They are the "Seven Deadly Sins"--the seven Sinclair
brothers and sisters who live for scandal and delight in
disgrace . . . until their father decrees that they must
marry in haste . . . or regret in poverty! Lady Ivy
Sinclair can't live without funds much longer, so she vows
to land a sensible, serious husband her father will
accept. But just when the respectable gentlemen is about
to pop the question, another woman snatches away his
attentions. Furious, Ivy hatches a plan—make him jealous
by hiring a handsome actor to impersonate a marquess,—a
marquess who happens to be madly in love with her. The
moment Ivy boldly kisses Dominic Sheridan—to test his
fitness for the task at hand—she sure he's perfect for her
desperate scheme. What Ivy doesn't know is that the blue-
eyed rake isn't acting at all, but intent on stealing her
heart while seducing her into committing the most wicked
of sins.
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