Sari Robins

Prescott Devane grew up in an orphanage run by the late, saintly Headmaster Dunn. Devane moves among Society as an escort for ladies, but the lack of a title means everyone insults him. Naturally, he resents that. The widow Lady Edwina Ross, daughter of a snobby earl, needs Devane to help her find the Society man who is blackmailing her friend. She proposes that they pose as an affianced couple. That's what passed in the first 172 pages of the novel. Also much gnashing of teeth, labeling the blackmailer "that knave" and many musings of the saintliness of Dunn. I'm not sure that I'll bother to read more. I recommend the book only if you're having trouble sleeping.… (lisätietoja)