If You Give a Rake a Ruby

January 7, 2013
Galen’s dark sequel to When You Give a Duke a Diamond mixes London’s seamy underside with the world of the social elite. Warrick Fitzhugh, a spy for the Foreign Office, has a price on his head. To save his life, he must track down a traitor. The path leads to a violent crime lord with ties to famed courtesan Fallon, so Warrick seeks Fallon’s aid by sneaking into her bedroom and blackmailing her for information. Her hidden history makes her the perfect person to help him, and her cooperation is more valuable than he could ever have guessed. Fallon and Warrick are a well-matched couple with good chemistry, and their frank mutual seduction is sensual and sexy. A few plot points are underdeveloped and too easily resolved, but the strong writing and unusually scrappy heroine will sweep readers to the finish line. Agent: Joanna MacKenzie, Browne & Miller Literary Associates.

March 1, 2013
Most men had one reason and one reason only for being in Fallon's, the Marchioness of Mystery's boudoir, but Warrick Fitzhugh is not like most men. Warrick has not come to avail himself of the professional services of London's most infamous courtesan; Warrick needs a good thief. If Fallon doesn't help Warrick locate Lucifer and steal back the diamonds in the rough from him, Warrick will see to it that everyone in society learns that Fallon is really former pickpocket Maggie Bayley. Fallon has worked very hard to ensure that no one except her three closest friends knows about her sordid past. Since Fallon intends to keep her past a mystery, she is left with no choice but to accept Warrick's proposal. In the second in her Regency-set Jewel of the Ton series, Galen expertly entwines espionage-flavored intrigue with sizzling passion. The resulting fast-paced historical romance should be a hit with readers who fell in love with Celeste Bradley's Liar's Club and Royal Four titles.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)