Lady Ivy Sinclair strolls through London society causing heads to turn with her wild antics. Ivy, along with her brothers and sisters, are known as the "Seven Deadly Sins." Their father cast the lot of them out of Scotland for their wicked ways with a vow that if they did not regain respectability, he would cut them off without a dime. Ivy has her eyes set on Lord Tinsdale, a staid member of society. She believes he will offer for her, until he throws her over for Miss Feeney, the newest Irish beauty. Envy overwhelms Ivy and she plots to win back his affection. Ivy hires a handsome actor to impersonate the Marquess of Counterton. He will woo Miss Feeney away from Tinsdale, leaving Ivy an opening to win back Tinsdale's affection.

After unexpectedly inheriting his title, Dominic Sheridan, the Marquess of Counterton, leaves quiet rural Lincolnshire to settle his affairs in London. He never expects a beautiful woman to grab and kiss him. She offers him a proposition and he cannot turn it down. Nic turns on his famous Counterton charm. It is a talent or fault the Counterton males have passed down. He agrees to the impersonation, believing that Ivy needs to be taught a lesson for her cockeyed scheme. He never imagined he fall in love with Ivy.

Ivy cannot face the possibility of permanent disapproval from her father. She convinces herself she has no other options but to marry the predictable Tinsdale. Her heart rebels and pleads with her to trust Nic and walk away with him, even if it means losing her family.

This second book in Ms. Caskie's Seven Deadly Sins series shines as the envious Ivy learns hard lessons about what is truly important in family and love. Nic is the perfect foil for her as the charming rogue who learns his own lessons about love. Adding to the richness of the story, Ms. Caskie begins each chapter with a quote regarding envy giving readers different insights into the sin of envy.

Book Summary

They are the "Seven Deadly Sins"--the seven Sinclair brothers and sisters who live for scandal and delight in disgrace . . . until their father decrees that they must marry in haste . . . or regret in poverty! Lady Ivy Sinclair can't live without funds much longer, so she vows to land a sensible, serious husband her father will accept. But just when the respectable gentlemen is about to pop the question, another woman snatches away his attentions. Furious, Ivy hatches a plan—make him jealous by hiring a handsome actor to impersonate a marquess,—a marquess who happens to be madly in love with her. The moment Ivy boldly kisses Dominic Sheridan—to test his fitness for the task at hand—she sure he's perfect for her desperate scheme. What Ivy doesn't know is that the blue- eyed rake isn't acting at all, but intent on stealing her heart while seducing her into committing the most wicked of sins.