This superbly entertaining, perfectly executed Regency-set love story is not only dazzlingly witty and intensely sexy it is also a sweetly crafted love letter about the power of learning, literature, and lifelong friendships. While Grace doesn’t know any rakes personally, she is certain that with enough elbow work her best friend, anthropologist Sebastian Holloway, can be turned into a suitable “fake rake.” What Grace doesn’t factor into her little experiment is that underneath Sebastian’s tongue-tied, scruffy scholar exterior is the irresistible man of her dreams! Inspired by several popular 1980s movies, including The Breakfast Club, RITA–nominated Leigh improvises cleverly in the launching of the Union of Rakes series. Perhaps if another man were to express a more sensual interest in Grace, that might prompt Mason to look at her in a different light.

(Feb.Herpetologist Grace Wyatt loves the fact that fellow naturalist (and hottie extreme) Mason Fredericks treats her with the utmost professional courtesy, but she can’t help but wish that, just once, he would respond to her as a woman, too. With this venturesome Regency, Leigh sends the series out on a high note. Though the tense situations add urgency to the budding romance, the relationship itself is based on a foundation of genuine connection and sincere emotional bonding. Through these misadventures, Beatrice’s wit, curiosity, and candor coax Duncan into loosening up while Duncan’s strength, calm demeanor, and measured decisions make Beatrice feel secure-and, eventually, desired-for the first time. But Beatrice, 12 years Duncan’s senior, is determined to have an adventure-though her carriage falling into a ravine, battling with thieves, and pretending to be married out of necessity wasn’t what she had in mind.

Though he’s aware of Beatrice’s impetuous nature, Duncan expects an uneventful outing. Duncan’s employer, the Duke of Rotherby, tasks him with escorting Lady Beatrice on her trip to Nottinghamshire, where, unbeknownst to both men, she plans to enjoy the freedom of her newfound widowhood by attending an orgy. Eva and her husband live in Central California. She enjoys baking, spending too much time on the Internet, and listening to music from the '80s. She writes novels chock-full of determined women and men who are here for it. Rigid, rule-following ex-soldier Duncan McCameron meets his match in spontaneous Beatrice Sloane, the Dowager Countess of Farris, in the winning final romance of Leigh’s Union of the Rakes series (after Would I Lie to the Duke). Eva Leigh is a USA Today bestselling romance author who has always loved historical romance.

Eva leigh union of the rakes