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In 1815 London, sisters Helena and Rosalind Lavelick are total opposites when it comes to following the Mrs. Nunley's Guide to Etiquette for Young Ladies. While Helena feels you must have strict adherence with no exceptions, Rosalind believes in only those passages that make sense. So why is Helena walking the streets by herself to a man's house breaking every rule in the guidebook? Simple, she needs the help of an individual she loathes Daniel Brennan to help her find her eloping sibling Juliet.

Helena believes her sister's suitor is a smuggler doing all sorts of illegal and ugly activities that leave an innocent like Juliet in danger. She chooses Daniel to help her because he has teenage experience as a smuggler and knows how they think. Daniel agrees to assist Helena chase after Juliet and her suitor Captain Will Morgan, but insists they must do so as husband and wife. As the duo argues, they fall in love, but not just danger awaits them, mistrust leaves them vulnerable and disconnected.

A NOTORIOUS LOVE is a fun to read Regency romance that smoothly mixes excitement and humor so that the audience enjoys a fine tale. Daniel opens Helena's eyes that her bad leg is not the handicap, but her attitude towards life, especially males, is. As she did with THE DANGEROUS LORD, Sabrina Jeffries provides sub-genre fans with an engaging blend of merriment and danger in a terrific story line.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted August 24, 2001

Lady Helena Laverick is at her wits' end! The only man who can help her find her eloping young sister is that scoundrel Daniel Brennan—the man who played with her emotions last summer and then left. And he used to be a smuggler! Although Mrs. Nunley's Guide to Etiquette for Young Ladies would never approve, Helena is forced to go after the runaway in Daniel's company. But something about being with him feels oddly freeing—and a delicious tingle warns Helena that more than her reputation may be in danger…

Daniel finds most of the prim lady's rules ridiculous—but when she has to masquerade as his wife for appearance's sake, he immediately envisions the delights of sharing a bedchamber. The unexpected passion smoldering beneath her proper exterior ignites his desire, and the vulnerability hidden beneath her cool control makes him want her even more. Yet Helena's a lady, and he's the son of a highwayman. How can he ask her to share his world?

Genre: Historical Romance

Note:A Notorious Love is Book 2 in the Swanlea Spinster series.

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