The Lady Plays with Fire

Goode's Guide to Misconduct, Book 2

De: Susanna Craig

Narrado por: Elizabeth Jasicki

Clever, popular, and deliciously shocking, the ladies’ periodical Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses only employs women who are equal to the challenge—and sometimes the challenge includes romance …

As the daughter of a clergyman, Julia Addison knows she’ll never be able to fulfill her lifelong dream of acting on the stage. But writing forthright reviews of the Season’s most popular plays for Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses, popularly known as Goode’s Guide to Misconduct, is surely the next best thing. Even better, she’s got a ticket to Ransom Blackadder’s latest irritating satire about English society. Best of all, she’s sharing a theater box with the gruff but handsome Lord Dunstane, which is enough to make Julia call for an encore …

Graham McKay, the Earl of Dunstane, rarely leaves his home in the Scottish Highlands. Why would he? Nothing about London has ever held his interest—until he meets Julia. But when Graham realizes she is the critic who panned his last play—and she discovers he is, in fact, the man behind Blackadder’s wicked pen will it bring down the curtain on their romance, not to mention the magazine that published the humiliating review? Or can an unexpected collaboration set the stage for a scandalous love affair?

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Pleasant escape

The narrator really contributes a lot to this romantic tale. The MC’s are very well matched and share a lot of witty dialogue. It’s a gentle though adventurous tale of two theater aficionados and great fun.

Center Stage

Ransom Blackadder, aka to very few as Graham McKay, Earl of Dunstone, is a satirical playwright. Miss on Scene, aka to even fewer as Miss Julia Addison, is the theatre critic for Goode’s Guide to Misconduct. They meet as the result of a mix-up at the earl’s theatre box, that is the earl and Miss Addison. Bladder is determined to use his latest play to wreak revenge on Miss on Scene. Without knowing it, he invites his nemesis into the preparation for the play. As they spend time together, Graham and Julia become quite fond of each other, maybe falling in love. What will happen when they each learn the truth of secret identities? This is a well-written entertaining story fill with secrets, humor, a bit of drama, a mystery, and an unexpected romance. Graham and Julia are wonderful characters. They are both intelligent, independent, and, in their own way, outspoken. The side characters are amusing and charming. The story holds your attention and comes to a delightful end. Great narration by Elizabeth Jasicki.