In A MOST SCANDALOUS PROPOSAL, author Ashlyn Macnamara delivers not just one love story, but two. The St. Claire sisters are practically on the shelf. For different reasons, they've both rejected all offers, and their parents are desperate to marry them off before they run out of money.

Julia and Sophia St. Claire aren't your typical Regency heroines. They're in their twenties, talk back to their parents, and turn away respectable suitors by the handfuls. Sophia is holding out for Mr. William Ludlowe, a rake who barely notices her. Julia claims she doesn't want to marry for love, and rejects any man who appears to have a tendre for her.

The girls' stories move along quickly, with Sophia being compromised and forced into a betrothal early on. Then Ludlowe makes his move -- for the "wrong" sister, pushing Julia to take rash action to avoid marriage to the man her sister loves. Macnamara spins a twisting tale that just keeps throwing obstacles at the sisters and the men who love them.

A MOST SCANDALOUS PROPOSAL is an entertaining and spicy read for anyone who enjoys historical romance in the early Regency period.