Why has Cecily Foxe put off her final commitment to the convent? It's true that "Saint Cecily" has stayed close to home to help her older sister Sybilla, who is facing King Edward's wrath - an attack on her Fallstowe Castle. In this second of the Foxe sisters' trilogy, it is apparent in the first chapter that Cecily is too enamored of the neighboring Lord of Bellecote to ever take vows.

There are many mysteries and a little magic in the Foxe sisters. There is a lot of intrigue surrounding the Bellecote brothers, and Sybilla pulls strings and works secretly to control the lives of her sisters in order to protect them from the King's coming wrath.

Oliver Bellecote is a charming scoundrel who is ready to be seduced by Cecily. He feels drawn to her and is unsure why. Cecily's confusion over suitors and the convent's call sometimes frustrated me; I felt bad over the heartbreak of one suitor...only to find out that he was trying to avoid a priestly calling...and then does something really shocking.

The main characters weren't especially likeable for me. I enjoyed secondary characters: Argo, Father Perry, and especially Graves. I did not particularly like the love interest and Cecily was frustrating. NEVER SEDUCE A SCOUNDREL has a plat that could have been a little more exciting, the actions of the characters were a little too easy to predict. Overall Never Seduce A Scoundrel makes a good bridge book between the first and second books in the Foxe Sister Trilogy