The darkly brooding Temple who faces any comer in the ring with aplomb and unyielding force is staggered when confronted with the cause of his destruction, the woman he believed he'd killed twelve years ago.

Mrs. MacIntyre has kept her secrets for twelve long years, but with the foolish actions of her brother, she has no choice but to confront the man she wronged to save the boys for whom she is responsible.

Sarah MacLean's Rule of Scoundrels series is based around a rather unique gambling hell, run by four fallen rogues who each have secrets to hide but share a bond of survival. Her books always provide appealing, smart strong heroines and deliciously tortured heroes as well as story lines that keep a reader engrossed to the very end.

I have enjoyed each of the previous books in the series but I think NO GOOD DUKE GOES UNPUNISHED may be the most explosive of them all thus far. You will find the same dry wit, pulse-pounding love scenes and clever back story as with the previous two, but the stakes are set a bit higher with no readily apparent solution to the obstacles between the lovers.

The venue of Victorian boxing is fascinating, and adds an enticing sensual twist to some of the love scenes and the use of the gritty underpinning of London is contrasted skillfully with the blindly exuberant silks and celebrations of the ton. Sarah MacLean can be counted upon to provide complex characters who, despite their mistakes, are worth cheering for set in descriptions of early Victorian London you can almost touch. NO GOOD DUKE GOES UNPUNISHED is the third in the series with the fourth book set for publication in 2014, when Chase's turn will come.