Clever, popular, and deliciously shocking, the ladiesā periodical Mrs. Goodeās Magazine for Misses only employs women who are equal to the challengeāand sometimes the challenge includes romance ā¦
As the daughter of a clergyman, Julia Addison knows sheāll never be able to fulfill her lifelong dream of acting on the stage. But writing forthright reviews of the Seasonās most popular plays for Mrs. Goodeās Magazine for Misses, popularly known as Goodeās Guide to Misconduct, is surely the next best thing. Even better, sheās got a ticket to Ransom Blackadderās latest irritating satire about English society. Best of all, sheās sharing a theater box with the gruff but handsome Lord Dunstane, which is enough to make Julia call for an encore ā¦
Graham McKay, the Earl of Dunstane, rarely leaves his home in the Scottish Highlands. Why would he? Nothing about London has ever held his interestāuntil he meets Julia. But when Graham realizes she is the critic who panned his last playāand she discovers he is, in fact, the man behind Blackadderās wicked pen will it bring down the curtain on their romance, not to mention the magazine that published the humiliating review? Or can an unexpected collaboration set the stage for a scandalous love affair?