In the fifth novel from the captivating Rhymes With Love series from NY Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a woman’s hopes of a match encounter a wickedly handsome complication .

Lavinia Tempest has been eagerly anticipating a spectacular season. But one devastating pile-up around the Almack’s dance floor derails all her plans. Add to that, the spectacular revelations about her mother’s scandalous recent have grown to be the ton’s most recent on dits. Lavinia’s future has truly gone from shining bright to blackest night time in a single misstep.

Alaster “Tuck” Rowland admits he’s partly to blame for Lavinia’s disastrous debut. But it isn’t guilt that compels him to revive her reputation. Rather, he’s placed a bet that he can make Lavinia into one of the most sought-after women in London. Who much better than an unrepentant rake to set society astir?

Tuck’s motives are hardly noble. But in teaching the wonderful Lavinia how exactly to win any man she desires, he suddenly finds himself tangled in the last place he ever imagined: in love.