She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen’s club. Those looking for serious fare might seek a different author. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake sets the tone for the trilogy. He slowly realizes that she’s pretty awesome while she gets to know the real man instead of her idealized version of him. John’s title) and Callie play off of each other.

I also think MacLean manages a plausible premise to explain why her heroine wants to smoke, shoot, and otherwise act modern. I identified with Callie, who overcorrects herself when trying to fit in and just ends up a wallflower. John, who has been looking for a woman with an impeccable reputation to introduce his newly discovered half-sister to society. As for hers, well, she isn’t getting married, is she? Then she goes to get her first kiss from the rakish marquess Gabriel St. Her younger sister is already engaged and her brother is a marquess, so their reputations are rather safe. She decides that it’s time to pick up a few eccentricities. She follows the rules of society exactly and ends up on the shelf. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake It convinced me that there’s something to the hype, so I went ahead and read the other two books in the trilogy. I picked up the second book, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, when my Borders went out of business. I put it out of my mind since it’s a hardcover, but then her adult romances started showing up on my radar. In 2009, Sarah MacLean’s debut The Season got several good reviews on young adult book blogs. Historical Romance published by Avon Mar 10-Apr 11 Liviania’s Duckies Do Series review of The Love by Numbers Trilogy by Sarah MacLean

The Season by Sarah MacLean