Surprising Lord Jack by Sally Mackenzie is a fun story about a woman who is completely uninterested in marriage and a fake rake who uses his reputation to hide his altruistic tendencies.
Frances Hadley gets into trouble when she hears that her aunt has sold her into marriage and plans to ruin her to get her to the altar. To avoid this fate she chops her hair dresses like a boy and tries to get London. If she can get her dowry she can live by herself well away from anyone. On a cold night she takes refuge in at an Inn only to wake up having slept with Jack Valentine in the same bed. Not only that but someone knows about it. Now what is she to do?
Jack uses his reputation as a horrible rake to cover up his real activities the last thing he wanted was to be shackled to anyone. However, he takes the boy he found at the inn under his wing and is determined to help the lad. When he discoverers that Francis is really Frances he is honor bound to marry her. Even if it is the last thing she wants. He ends up enlisting the help of his mother and every other family member he can to try to convince the very unconventional woman that he is not as bad as everyone thinks.
Sally Mackenzie leads us on a fun and exciting love story filled with a lot of passion and possibilities. Jack is what most women want in a man, and Frances has everything she never knew she wanted, including the dog.
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