Never Dare a Wicked Earl by Renee Ann Miller

From the seamier smells of London's impoverished back alleys to a gourmet breakfast that made me get out of bed and ransack the kitchen at 10 o'clock at night. The author also did a fantastic job engaging my sense of smell, something I don't often experience reading books. Great sensuality and tension throughout, with lots of secondary characters to bring depth to the story and make you care what happened to the H&h. Miller does an excellent job of injecting historical fact into the story without beating the reader over the head with it. The part of Miller's writing that impressed me the most (okay, there are 2 parts) was her ability to evoke the era (or certainly what felt like a 'bygone' era, to me) and also her delightful turn of phrase (GREAT similes which made me alternately smile or move to the edge of my seat). I loved Hayden and Sophia (and also Lady Olivia) and their romance was fraught with enough delicious tension to keep me flicking the pages on my Kindle like a junkie. This book is a great way to kick off a holiday in a good mood!

and discovers that the man within longs only for a second chance to love. As a battle of wills begins, Sophia finds herself distracted by the Earl's muscular physique. If she resigns in exasperation like her two predecessors, she will be beholden to this wicked seducer. Unshaken by his arrogance, not to mention impropriety, Sophia offers Hayden a dare: allow her ten days to prove her competency. Sophia Camden intrigues him, for behind her starched uniform is an enticing beauty better suited for bedding than dispensing salves and changing bandages. Recuperating in his London town house, Hayden is confronted by his new medical attendant. Known as a brazen philanderer, Hayden Milton, Earl of Westfield, is almost done in by a vengeful mistress who aims a gun at a rather essential part of his anatomy-but ends up wounding his thigh instead.

But every scoundrel has his secrets, and it takes a special touch to reveal the true hearts behind their devilish disguises. They are the infamous lords, unrepentant rogues whose bad behavior makes for good gossip among the ton.

Never Dare a Wicked Earl by Renee Ann Miller