title: Surprising Lord Jack (Duchess of Love, Book 2)
author:  Sally MacKenzie 
description: *Starred Review* When Frances Hadley overhears Aunt Viola, her guardian, make plans to marry Frances to a disgusting older man, she disguises herself as a boy and flees on horseback, determined to get the money that will go to her unwanted groom. Frances wants to buy a small cottage where she doesnt have to worry about others making decisions for her. But a violent winter storm strands her at the Crowing Cock Inn. The innkeeper and his wife take pity on the lad, letting him stay in the room usually reserved for Lord Jack. As fate would have it, Lord Jack unexpectedly checks in but decides to let the scrawny, sleeping boy stay. Jack then insists on accompanying the youth to London, where he discovers that the lad is a lass. Although nothing happened, they did spent the night in the same bed, so theres only one thing an honorable man, even one known as a rake, can domarry her. But Frances still has no interest in matrimony. MacKenzie (Bedding Lord Ned, 2012) has penned another humorous Regency-era gem that will get a collective thumbs-up from readers. --Shelley Mosley
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  Join favorite author  
  Louise Allen  
  as she explores the tangled love lives of  
  THOSE SCANDALOUS RAVENHURSTS
  
  First, travel across war-torn Europe with  
  The Dangerous Mr. Ryder
  
  Coming
  
  August 2008
  
  The Outrageous Lady Felsham
  
  September 2008
  
  The Shocking Lord Standon
  
  2009
  
  The Disgraceful Mr. Ravenhurst
  
  The Notorious Mr. Hurst
  
  The Piratical Miss Ravenhurst
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Author Note
  
  Jack Ryder first appeared—of his own volition—in No Place for a Lady, and took
  on a life of his own. I found myself wondering about him, what his background
  was, where he had come from, and I realized I needed to tell his story.
  
  Then I discovered that Jack is not alone—he has siblings, he has cousins, and
  some of them have a story to tell as well. So this is Jack Ryder’s tale, but
  it is also the first of the stories of THOSE SCANDALOUS RAVENHURSTS, and of
  how they, like Jack, find the loves of their lives.
  
  It is the start of a journey for me, and I hope you will come along and
  discover