A review by nothingforpomegranted
Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean

adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved this completely. Duncan and Georgiana were so sexy and fell so hard for each other. The problems with their relationship never diminishes their love for each other, which is so much more enjoyable than when the characters fall in and out of love over the course of the novel. 

Lady Georgiana was ruined at the age of 16 by a tryst with a stable boy that ended with the birth of her daughter Caroline. In the ensuing ten years, she has assumed two secret identities—that of Chase, the leader of the Fallen Angel, and Anna, the madam of the club, assumed to be Chase’s mistress. Duncan West is society’s most prominent newspaper man with a dark past and a long-term symbiotic epistolary relationship with Chase by which they exchange society’s secrets. 

Duncan quite quickly figured out that Georgiana is Anna, which is most of the tension in the novel because he is insistent that Anna is beholden to Chase, which infuriates him. There are super sexy scenes in here—a balcony makeout scene, oral sex in Duncan’s pool, and sex on Chase’s desk.