One Good Earl Deserves a Lover

The Second Rule of Scoundrels

Sarah MacLean


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Lady Philippa Marbury is . . . odd The brilliant, bespectacled daughter of a double marquess cares more for books than balls, for science than the season, and for laboratories than love. She's looking forward to marrying her simple fiancé and living out her days quietly with her dogs and her scientific experiments. But before that, Pippa has two weeks to experience all the rest—fourteen days to research the exciting parts of life. It's not much time, and to do it right she needs a guide familiar with London's darker corners. She needs . . . a Scoundrel She needs Cross, the clever, controlled partner in London's most exclusive gaming hell, with a carefully crafted reputation for wickedness. But reputations often hide the darkest secrets, and when the unconventional Pippa boldly propositions him, seeking science without emotion, she threatens all he works to protect. He is tempted to give Pippa precisely what she wants . . . but the scoundrel is more than he seems, and it will take every ounce of his willpower to resist giving the lady more than she ever imagined.

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One Good Earl Deserves Another by Sarah MacLean #AvonRomance

One Good Earl Deserves Another The Rules of Scoundrels #2 Sarah MacLean Released Jan 29th, 2013 373 Pages Avon Romance Gifted by: Publisher Reviewed by Kelly Lady Philippa Marbury is odd. The bespectacled, brilliant fourth daughter of the Marquess of Needham and Dolby cares more for books than balls, flora than fashion and science than the season. Nearly engaged to Lord Castleton, Pippa wants to explore the scandalous parts of London she's never seen before marriage. And she knows just who to ask: the tall, charming, quick-witted bookkeeper of The Fallen Angel, London's most notorious and coveted gaming hell, known only as Cross. Like any good scientist, Pippa's done her research and Cross's reputation makes him perfect for her scheme. She wants science without emotion—the experience of ruination without the repercussions of ruination. And who better to provide her with the experience than this legendary man? But when this odd,...

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Review: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean

Holly's review ofOne Good Earl Deserves a Lover(The Rules of Scoundrels, Book 2) bySarah MacLean The second in the incredible new Rules of Scoundrels series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean. Lady Philippa Marbury is odd. The bespectacled, brilliant fourth daughter of the Marquess of Needham and Dolby cares more for books than balls, flora than fashion and science than the season. Nearly engaged to Lord Castleton, Pippa wants to explore the scandalous parts of London she's never seen before marriage. And she knows just who to ask: the tall, charming, quick-witted bookkeeper of The Fallen Angel, London's most notorious and coveted gaming hell, known only as Cross.Like any good scientist, Pippa's done her research and Cross's reputation makes him perfect for her scheme. She wants science without emotion - the experience of ruination without the repercussions of ruination. And who better to provide her with the experience...

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One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2)

I can't say enough how much I adore MacLean's ladies. Intelligent, sassy, and flawed (by society's standards), but loveable and worth their weight in gold because of who they are, part and parcel. The scoundrels that love them are all the more dashing and worthy of their attentions, as well, for seeing them for the diamonds in the rough that they are when convention would try to push them toward more vapid (and frankly boring) women. This book is just another in the amazingly well-written series that makes -her- romance novels both everything romance novels are stereotypically known for (which is what makes them so fun to read!), and simultaneously something wonderfully unique and different within the genre. Pippa is a bookish scientist in spectacles (ace in botany and anatomy), and Cross can match her fiery love of learning with his own surprising knowledge base, proving him to be not...

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Jennifer Ashley on Julia Sugarbaker!

I am wild about Jennifer Ashley. I fell for her ages ago when I read the genius of a book The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie, and I’ve been an avid reader and hand-seller of her books (written as both Jennifer Ashley & Allyson James) since then. She writes beautiful books, and I have no idea how she writes so many of them in a year. She’s either the hardest working woman in publishing, or she’s cloned herself. All this is to say that I’m thrilled Jennifer has taken some time out of her insane writing schedule to join us for Girls Who Wear Glasses month in celebration of One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (Yes…yes…I know it’s March today…but it’s sort of Month-ish) to talk about her favorite lady in lenses– Julia Sugarbaker from Designing Women! ** One favorite show of my younger years was Designing Women. I loved those four strong ladies, each...

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Miranda Neville on Tina Fey

Miranda Neville is so much fun in real life. Seriously. She’s hilariously dry (or is that dryly hilarious?) and always has a crazy story to tell. And on top of it, she’s smart. I like her because funny, smart, and excellent storyteller are the top three characteristics I look for in people around me.  She’s also written about girls who wear glasses — the heroine of her short story, “The School of Wooing for Inept Book Collectors,” in the (FREE!!!) Once Upon a Ballroom anthology wears them to particularly hilarious consequences. So, it should come as no surprise that when I asked her to join me for Girls Who Wear Glasses Month to celebrate the release of One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, she chose to write about another funny, smart, excellent storyteller! Welcome, Miranda! ** I guess I’ve been living under a rock because I never watched Thirty Rock until...

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Katharine Ashe on Literal Girls Who Wear Glasses

Katharine in her awesome specs I’m thrilled to host the fabulous Katharine Ashe today on the blog. As you know, Katharine and I are co-bloggers over at The Ballroom Blog — Do you read that? You should. It’s Regency fun. — and aside from writing epic Regencies, she is a lady in lenses. Very. Cool. Lenses (see left).  So, when I decided to launch Girls Who Wear Glasses month in honor of Pippa Marbury, the heroine of One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, I knew Katharine was going to have to weigh in on spectacles. I knew she’d have lots to say, and a definite favorite girl who wears glasses.  Boy, do I love this post!  ** I know a little girl of 5 and ¾ years. Let’s call her Rosella. (It’s her favorite name that isn’t her own, though Minnie would do nearly as well.) She is my favorite...

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Sara Ramsey on Meryl Streep

I’m so excited to host Sara Ramsey on the blog today — Sara is a full on blast, and we’ve had some great meals and great gossip sessions and great laughs in the few years since we met for the first time! And I am really enjoying her Muses of Mayfair series (and their titles!), which began with Heiress Without a Cause and continues with Scotsmen Prefer Blondes. When I started Girls Who Wear Glasses month, I just knew that she would pick someone awesome for the blog…and I was right! Not only has she chosen one of the most iconic, important, downright idolotry-worthy women of our time…I cackled with glee when I saw the image she attached to her email–what a fabulous choice! Welcome, Sara! ** I freaking love Meryl Streep. She’s not only an amazing talent, but she’s also someone I can picture having a conversation with over a bottle of wine....

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Maya Rodale on “In Love With A Four-Eyed Girl”

Maya Rodale is cool. We started publishing at Avon around the same time, and quickly discovered that we were both New Yorkers, both interested in the academic side of romance novels, both love our dogs quite desperately. It’s also worth saying that her most recent novella, Seducing the Single Lady,  is inspired by Beyonce…and so…well…that just proves she’s cool.  Since then, Maya (a co-founder of New York’s romance reading series Lady Jane’s Salon) and I have become friends…so of course, when I launched Girls Who Wear Glasses, I invited her to join!  And boy did Maya have thoughts on Ladies in Lenses (despite not being one herself)…She immediately introduced me to a fabulous song about specs, and I asked her to come here today and share it with you!   Welcome Maya! ** Don’t hate me because I have perfect vision. Or because I might have tried on those reading...

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Unwrapping: Review of ONE GOOD EARL DESERVES A LOVER by Sarah MacLean

Lucky me! One of the last things that Avon Romance sent me when my tenure as an Avon Addict ended, and I merely became an Avon Addict Alum, was a print ARC of ONE GOOD EARL DESERVES A LOVER, a Rule of Scoundrels novel by Sarah MacLean. I do have to say that I have been eagerly awaiting the chance to read it but my schedule only allowed it recently - well, I was not disappointed. ***ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest and unscripted review. Blurb for ONE GOOD EARL DESERVES A LOVER: The second in the incredible new Rules of Scoundrels series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean. Lady Philippa Marbury is odd. The bespectacled, brilliant fourth daughter of the Marquess of Needham and Dolby cares more for books than balls, flora than fashion and science than the season. Nearly engaged to Lord Castleton,...

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*This interview was originally posted with the Dashing Duchesses, and is cross-posted with permissions. I still remember the day I first started stalking… er…. learned about Sarah MacLean. I was perusing Dear Author, trying to figure out which books I wanted to read next when I came across an outstanding review for Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart. Now, an A ranking on Dear Author doesn’t come along every day of the week. In fact, the thought of actually having one of my books reviewed on Dear Author makes me want to dive into a bottle of Jim Beam. A really big bottle of Jim Beam. With one of those ginormous straws that McDonalds serves that you can fit 10 Wendy’s straws through. But at the time, all I could think was, “I want to be this woman when I grow up.” So I promptly read Eleven Scandals, and chased them with...

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