TITLE: One Fine May
AUTHOR: Courtney McCaskill
SERIES: The Rake Review
SERIES ORDER: 5 of 12
PUBLISHED DATE: 5/1/2024
GENRE: Regency Romance
RATING: ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
BLURB:
One Fine May…
Furious that his son was featured in the notorious Rake Review column, Evander Beauclerk’s stickler father issues an ultimatum: give up his dissolute ways and marry a respectable woman by the end of the month, or the family fortune will go to his dimwitted cousin. Vander knows plenty of courtesans and opera dancers, but only one respectable woman, and that’s his best friend’s little sister, Lady Leticia Daughtrey. Desperate, he asks Letty to help him find a suitable bride.
He'll look and see…
For one heartbreaking moment, Letty thought Vander was asking her to marry him. The notion isn’t so far-fetched—after two men issued competing proposals in the middle of a crowded ballroom, the bachelors of London have developed a newfound appreciation for the girl they’d always taken for granted.
And he will know their love was meant to be…
Now, not only does Letty have to figure out which of her own suitors to marry, she’s tasked with finding a bride for the man she’s pined after for years. But Letty isn’t going down without a fight. If she’s going to help Vander, he can bloody well help her, too. And how can she choose which man should share her bed for the rest of her life if she’s never even had a proper kiss? Letty and Vander’s tutorials quickly go from illustratory to incendiary. Which is just how Letty wants it. Because…
One Fine May, he’s gonna want her for his girl!
One Fine May is a steamy Regency romance in the Rake Review series. If you enjoy watching some of London's most notorious scoundrels getting raked over the coals, then be sure to collect all twelve bachelors in The Rake Review!
MY REVIEW:
DISCLAIMER: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
One Fine May might just be my favorite story, and Evander Beauclerk, my favorite hero of 2024.
Courtney McCaskill is a new-to-me author and I am adding her books to my TBR because this book was just so good!! I loved Evander and Leticia (aka Vander and Letty)! I especially loved the growth Evander’s character went through in this book! I loved watch him fall for Letty, and he fell hard! I also really loved the scene with his cousin Milton! I will admit, when Courtney introduced Milton in the beginning of the story, the way he was described made me think of Milton from Office Space, but I really loved what Courtney did with his character and how he bonded with Evander (who knows, maybe if Milton from Office Space had someone to bond with like Evander, he wouldn’t have done what he did! LOL) There’s a scene with Evander and his mom, and I was absolutely dying laughing because of it! I loved Evander’s relationship with his dad, and how it progressed throughout the story.
I loved Leticia! She was such strong character! I loved how she tried to help Evander out, even when her own heart was breaking! I loved when she got up the nerve to ask for what she wanted from Evander.
Overall this was a well-rounded sweet yet steamy (hello swing scene!) and funny story! If you like regency romance, especially with a little steam, you need to check this book out! This book is fifth in the series, but you can read it as a standalone as there are no overlapping characters or storylines (aside from a different rake getting raked over the coals in each story for being a bad boy lol.)
Thanks Courtney, and the rest of the Brazen Belles, for the advance copy! I can’t wait to read more of your stories!