The Duke's Perfect Wife

Starred review from March 15, 2012
Lady Eleanor Ramsay has a proposition for Hart Mackenzie. However, unlike most of the other ladies of London, Eleanor doesn't want Hart as a lover or even as a husband; Eleanor wants to work for him. Someone has just sent Eleanor an anonymous note with a photograph of Hart; a photo that leaves nothing to the viewer's imagination. If such a scandalous photo were to surface in society, it could derail Hart's hopes to become Great Britain's next prime minister. Because of her desperate financial circumstances and her old friendship with him, Eleanor wants Hart to hire her to find out who is sending the photographs. As far as Eleanor is concerned, the fact that she and Hart were once engaged will have no bearing on their new strictly business relationship. With the latest addition to her impeccably written Mackenzie Brothers series, Ashley demonstrates her gift for combining complex characters; emotionally compelling, danger-tinged plotting; and a delectably sensual romance into one unforgettable love story.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)