From Booklist After a romantic assignation gone awry nearly costs him his freedom, notorious rake William Barclay repairs to the safety of a friend’s home in Burnham-by-the-Sea. Will expects to be dreadfully bored, but then he meets Miss Sophie Somerset. With her reputation tattered by London’s sharpest tongues, Sophie hopes her stay in the quiet seaside town will provide a brief respite from the task of finding the aristocratic husband she needs if she wants to inherit a title and fortune. Sophie’s first encounter with Will, who is nothing like the fortune-hunting fools with whom she is familiar, leaves Sophie a bit confused and very irritated. So when Will wagers that he can tutor Sophie in the art of attracting a suitable husband before she can teach him how to capture a lady’s interest, Sophie cannot refuse the challenge. What begins as a game soon becomes something else entirely. With a zesty sense of humor, saucy wit, and sizzling sensual chemistry, Nash puts her own distinctive stamp on a classic Regency plot, and the results are simply dazzling. —John Charles Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved.