He’s very wicked, in all the best ways, and she’s a passionate innocent (which could be annoying, but it works out rather well). And even though he’s a manipulator and shirks responsibility he’s still a charming rogue and doesn’t try to hide his faults (as numerous as they are) from Prudence during their courtship.Įven with their faults, Rhys and Prudence are very sweet and rather steamy together. He’s not big on taking responsibility or being accountable to people. Rhys, through Prudence’s love (even if it is rather naive), gets over some of his emotional issues rather well and does begin to shrug some of his restlessness and his immature approach to having a title. Luckily when she does find out about Rhys’ deception she grows up all to quick. In fact, Prudence lets herself get taken advantage of by those unscrupulous people out there all to often just because she’s so excited about having money. He plays her like a fiddle getting her to agree to marry him and using her innocent adoration of him to get her to marry him so quickly. She’s a romantic minded person but some of the decisions she makes are rather flaky. Prudence has been making it well enough the past 10 years, she hasn’t starved, but coming into a huge amount of money goes to her head. When Prudence falls head over heels for someone she thinks is noble and chivalrous and, wonder of wonders, seems to care for her rather than her new inheritance, she jumps into something, even though her harridan aunt and selfish uncle try to talk her out of an engagement.

He’s not as hard hearted as he tries to get people to believe. Though he claims to be cynical and unfeeling Rhys is in emotional distress and running away from various demons of this past. Rhys is in dire straits due to bad family spending. It’s a run of the mill “need to marry an heiress” story. it’s really not a spoiler then anyway, is it? I usually hate to give spoilers, but when the blurb on the back of the book does it for you. There’s really not much for me to summarize here, since just about everything is given away in the blurb. Historical Romance published by Avon 26 Dec 07 Lawson’s review of The Wicked Ways of a Duke (Girl-Bachelors, Book 2) by Laura Lee Guhrke

Not So Innocent by Laura Lee Guhrke