A ROGUE BY ANY OTHER NAME is the first in a new series by Sarah MacLean. If this is only the beginning then we are in for quite a ride. I simply adored all the men of The Fallen Angel and cannot wait for the rest of their stories. I absolutely love the fact that MacLean keeps her characters going. Book after book I have met new characters and have looked forward to their stories. MacLean is one author who has not let me down.

I have waited for a story about Leighton's ex-bride and A ROGUE BY ANY OTHER NAME gave me the story. Here we are presented with Lady Penelope Marbury as we have never seen her. Our first glimpse of Penelope came in Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart and we learned that this was a lady of compassion and a whole lot of heart. What we did not know was just how deep Penelope was and how desperately she needed the marriage. Her heartfelt 'no' has led to her spinsterhood and a sense of hopelessness from her family.

The past eight years have given Penelope a sense of desperation and the fear of never finding adventure. It seems that everyone is out for what goods she can bring them and no man has taken an interest in Penelope for herself. Until Michael....

The Marquess of Bourne is not the man he once was. The loss of his parents at a young age swept away his boyhood dreams. Then one game of vingt-et-un destroyed his inheritance and what was left of his soul. Bourne has risen up out of the deep with a vow of vengeance and revenge on the one man who destroyed everything he was, Langford. When a chance to regain his lands arises, Bourne knows that he will do anything, even kidnap and marry his childhood friend, to regain what he once lost. Will he be able to hold on to his new identity as Bourne or will Penelope show him how to be Michael once again?

I simply cannot say enough about Sarah MacLean. Her writing has grown, her characters have come to life off the pages, and she just keeps getting better and better. A ROGUE BY ANY OTHER NAME swept me away into the gaming hells of London and captured my imagination from page one. The plot kept moving, there was never a moment in this book when I said get on with it. Instead I found myself flying through the pages virtually hanging on every word. I really loved the letters at the beginning of each chapter. They were enchanting and gave me a glimpse into the characters' lives before the tragedy. Those simple letters completely gave me that something extra, a deeper connection to the characters that would have been missing without them. Romance readers if you have not picked up a MacLean you are missing out immensely. Go forth and buy them!!