Leslie La Foy has a great book on her hands. Her Scandalous Marriage is a very fun book about how the pressures of society can really play havoc on perfectly wonderful people.
Drayton MacKenzie has just become a Duke. He never expected to inherit the title. He was a military man. However he has a duty to perform left to him by the old Duke's will. He has to find the old Duke's by blows - who happen to be all girls and turn them into ladies. Sounds simple? The girls are very different. Caroline is really not a girl- but a young woman who resents being told what to do - she is not so sure she wants to be a Lady. She has a decent dress business. The other are much younger. Simone lived in a whore house and is very savvy to the ways of the world, and is not hesitant to say it (much to the other's dismay and the reader's great amusement). The youngest barely talks and becomes the protected one of this newly formed family.
And so this group lands on the old Duke's estate. They find it in tatters and work to make the place livable once again - Caroline's sewing skills become very handy. And Drayton finds he really can't get Caroline out of his mind. He keeps trying to remember he needs to aspire to marry money. And everyone tries to find their place in this new society that fate has flung them into.
A great book about finding out who you are and being perfectly comfortable with yourself. Oh yes - and romance too. If she does a sequel about Simone - a really funny character - that will be worth the wait. A great read.
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