Avon
Featuring: Lady Eleanor; Lord Alexander Raybourn
384 pages ISBN: 0062666622 EAN: 9780062666628 Kindle: B01MPZ76RO Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Because one of her sisters caused a scandal, Lady
Eleanor's parents have decided she should marry a
respectable young man. They found one in the person of
Bennett, Lord Carson, whose family desperately needs
Eleanor's huge dowry to stay afloat. Lord Carson, does not
want to get married especially not to a woman he doesn't
know, and besides he has no time to court her. He asks his
rakish brother Lord Alexander Raybourn to find out more
about his intended. Eleanor knows she must obey her
parents, as her sisters' future depends on their family's
reputation, still Eleanor always thought she would marry
for love. Lord Carson is good-looking, nice enough; maybe
getting married to him would be tolerable, but Eleanor has
a list of things she would like to do before getting stuck
in a loveless marriage: she wants to experience joy, she
wants to live, she wants to be overwhelmed. It turns out
that Lord Alexander is very overwhelming indeed...
Megan Frampton kicks off her brand new series in style!
The author has a grand old time with the English language,
along with winks and nudges to the reader. Eleanor loves
ancient mythology, it is how she accidentally meets
Alexander, and the fun begins. Alex's reading preferences
tend to books with most improper pictures, we know where
this will all lead, but what fun it is getting there!
Eleanor is average, a so-very-average Duke's daughter; she
doesn't see past the end of her nose without her
spectacles, and this is also a source of great amusement.
LADY BE BAD is light and witty, but there is also food for
thought, as we have two perfectly nice people who are
pushed into a marriage neither wants.
I loved the interactions between the sisters, whose
personalities shine, and in spite of rakish ways, and his
apparent superficiality, Alex is a very nice man. Every
character is sharply defined, and very early on, I felt as
I knew them already. Alex and Eleanor are very good
together, and it was entertaining to watch her go through
her list of things to do, to which things are gradually
added, mostly overwhelming things! The tone of the book is
playful, the writing airy and clever, and there was a plot
twist I hadn't predicted, and I hope we will read more
about it. There are naturally sex scenes, and they are
very tasteful and à propos. I liked that Alex was not
arrogant, and Eleanor, in spite of her impossibly
domineering mother, is not a pushover. LADY BE BAD is a
fabulous summer read, and I am looking forward to the
other Duke's
Daughters' stories!
Once upon a time, a duke had five daughters who never
made a stir. They practiced their French, their pianoforte,
and their dancing…until one ran off with the dancing
instructor, and the rest were left to face the scandal.
Lady Eleanor, the Duke of Marymount’s eldest daughter, knows
the burden is hers: she must marry well to restore the
family name. So a loveless match is made and her fate is
set. But then Eleanor meets her intended’s rakish younger
brother. With his tawny hair, green eyes, and scandalous
behavior, Lord Alexander Raybourn makes her want to be very
bad indeed.
With his very honorable sibling too busy saving the world to
woo Eleanor, Alexander is tasked with finding out her likes
and dislikes for his elder brother. But the more time he
spends with the secretly naughty Eleanor, helping her tick
off all the things on her good list for being bad, the more
he knows what they want, and need, is each other.
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