The Lady Knows Best
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4.1 • 40 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
In her print debut, award-winning author Susanna Craig launches a new Regency historical romance series, based around the daring ladies’ magazine Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses, Being a Guide to Improve Conduct and Promote Wisdom among Young Persons of the Fair Sex—also known as Goode’s Guide to Misconduct—and the witty, clever, often rebellious heroines behind it, including a controversial new advice columnist. A modern twist on the genre, will appeal to fans of Ella Quinn, Sabrina Jeffries, and those who love faster-paced, innovative historical romance featuring strong women.
Serving as the advice columnist, ‘Miss Busy B.’, for an often-subversive ladies’ magazine is the perfect outlet for Daphne Burke’s outspoken nature. But when she advises a young lady of the ton, to break off her engagement to a notorious rake, the consequences take Daphne beyond the page and into her real life.
Miles, Viscount Deveraux, sometimes known as “that devil Deveraux”needs a respectable bride by the end of the Season, and he’s bet a fortune that he can get one. Now, his fiancée has not only changed her mind—but done it publicly, in a letter to London’s most infamous magazine. With the stakes high and time short, it seems reasonable to him that the columnist responsible should come to his rescue and marry him instead.
Fortunately for Miles, Daphne is eager to escape the pressures of the London marriage mart. She agrees to a courtship. But at the end of two weeks, she intends to turn him down in a big, splashy, scandal that will ruin her reputation and set her free. There’s just one shocking wrinkle: Who knew being ruined by a rake could be so much fun?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Craig (the Love and Let Spy series) puts a cute spin on arranged marriage in the launch of her Regency set Goode's Guide to Misconduct series. When scandalous lady's advice columnist Daphne Burke, aka Miss Busy B, encourages a letter writer to call off her wedding to the rakish Miles, Viscount Deveraux, a furious Miles, who has a lot riding on a bet that he will find a bride, threatens to out Daphne as her pen name if she doesn't find him a replacement fiancée. When Daphne is unable to find someone willing to marry "that devil, Deveraux," she offers to play the blushing bride herself, but on the condition Miles must court her for two weeks before the wedding. Her goal is to gather enough intel to write an essay on the dangers of dating a rogue and then jilt him. But Daphne's plan backfires when she realizes that Miles's reputation is more fiction than fact. Meanwhile, as Miles learns more about the clever wallflower, his heart joins his money on the line. Craig avoids unnecessary drama, opting for a smooth transition into love while serving up a few laughs, plenty of chemistry, and a strong emotional connection. This is a promising series start.
Customer Reviews
Fun Romance
This is the first book in a new series. The story centers around Daphne, advice columnist for Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses, aka Goode’s Guide to Misconduct, and Miles, a rake, plain and simple, or so she thinks. They meet when she advises his fiancé to break their engagement (a bit of trouble at a ball). From there, these two are off a romp. This is a delightful story full of fun, witty banter, misunderstandings, and discovery. Daphne and Miles are great characters and definitely belong together. The other characters in the book set the stage for the series. There are the ladies who produce the magazine and friends of Miles and Daphne. An enjoyable story and great start to a new series.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley and am voluntarily reviewing it.
4 Stars!!
4 Stars! This was the first book in the new series ‘Goode’s Guide to Misconduct’ and can be read as a standalone. I enjoyed this book, even though at times it seemed to drag on. The main characters are Daphne/Miss Busy B and Miles/Lord Devereux. I liked both main characters and was glad they got an HEA ending. The ‘sexy times’ were hot and not overly detailed. I do wish they had had a bit more romance and chemistry but it still worked as it is. Can’t wait to read secondary character Alastair’s book!
*I received this at no charge & I voluntarily left this review.*