Never Seduce a Scoundrel

March 1, 2006
Lady Amelia Plume is bored with Regency London society and tired of the same unappealing gentlemen seeking her fortune. Craving adventure while attending a ball, she agrees to deliver a note to the host's bedroom. While there, she ends up snooping in the room where an American soldier, Lucas Winter, is staying, and discovers papers that may implicate her family in a scandal. When she runs into him, she acts like a silly flirtatious twit, starting a game of cat and mouse to find out about his investigation. Lucas hates the English and cannot wait to complete his mission and leave, until he meets Amelia. He believes she is the key to his success, so he pretends to court her. Then, just as he begins to suspect that her silly manners are an act, her kisses become addictive, complicating his mission. Or is his mission complicating his courtship? Jeffries delivers lively lovers in an entertaining, sensual historical romance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)