As the daughter of an Earl through her mother’s second marriage, Honor Cabot is in a precarious position. Her step-father is near death, her mother has become difficult to care for, she has three younger sisters to think of, and her step-brother is engaged to be married to one of the most vile women of the ton. Honor needs time to figure out what to do with the situation; therefore, she enlists the help of the notorious George Easton to seduce her brother’s intended. If her plan succeeds then the marriage might never come to be at all and then she and her family will be saved. So, I guess it’s too bad that nothing goes according to plan with women who devise schemes in romance books…?

To be honest, this book could be tedious to read because of the heroine’s childish behavior. She wants to save her family from being put out should her brother marry yet she refuses to marry so that her family might have a place to go. She is selfish, and her dislike of Monica (the woman who shall marry her brother) seemed to be borne out of a childhood friendship that tapered out and was replaced with jealousy and vengeful antics from both sides. It was difficult to like Honor, it was difficult to like Monica, and I am not so sure that I liked George Easton that much either. The end of the story offered some redemption for the characters but in my eyes it was too little to late; I was just glad the book was over.