A MOST INDECENT PROPOSALAnnabelle Green needs a husband-and quickly. To inherit the only home she's ever known, she must be married by her twenty-fifth birthday. But finding a suitor has been next to impossible after a reckless rogue named Quinton Carlisle seduced her into a scandalous midnight tryst. Her reputation in ruins, Belle now needs a rather large favor. And she knows just who to turn to . . .
Quinn can hardly believe that the shy bookish girl he teased as a child has grown into such a brazen beauty. The very idea of marrying Belle to right the wrongs of his past is downright shocking . . . and deliciously tempting. Too bad marriage, convenient or otherwise, is the last thing Quinn wants. He'll help Belle find a husband and be on his way. But if he can't control his attraction to the bride-to-be, this marriage could go up in flames-of wicked desire.
I did not find Quinton Carlisle very like a scoundrel as the title suggests. He doesn't want to get married, yes. He kissed Annabelle when they were younger, and placed her in a delicate situation, yes. But he isn't so bad or frowned upon in proper society. Especially since Lady Ainsley invites Quinn and his brother Robert to help her select a husband for Annabelle.
While I liked Quinn and Annabelle's pairing, there wasn't much substance to this book. You know Annabelle and Quinn are right for each other; you know they will end up married, no matter how many objections either person makes. So reading this was a question of "when will they?" rather than "if".
I am curious about Robert's bad luck, as he is suffering from a broken heart in When the Scoundrel Sins while his marriage was a foregone conclusion in the first book of the series.
(A very special thank you to Forever Romance, Hachette Book Group, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of When the Scoundrel Sins.)
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