Harte, that had you all the money in the world, or sat penniless in a gutter, I still would not find you very likable.”Īsa Makepeace, aka Mr.

Due to certain circumstances, Eve starts to meddle in Asa's business and takes over the bookkeeping for Harte's Folly until it opens again. Eve Dinwoody, however, seems to know how to deal with a hotheaded and stubborn businessman who suffered shipwreck. But Asa is not a man who gives up easily, and he's also someone who knows how to seduce a female, even one with a poker up her arse. No more money meant that the rebuilding of the theater that had been destroyed in a fire would be impeded. Review posted December 1, 2015.Įve Dinwoody, the sister of the Duke of Montgomery, is a tall and thin woman, with a large and long nose and according to Asa Makepeace, she's plain as a shovel and a harpy who tried to steal Harte's Folly, his pleasure garden and theater, by cutting off his credit and funds. There's no denying the smoldering fire between them-and trying to put it out would be the greatest folly of all. But the harder she tries to manage the stubborn rake, the harder it is to ignore his seductive charm and raw magnetism. In spite of her lack of theatrical experience-and her fiery clashes with Asa-Eve is determined to turn Harte's Folly into a smashing success. He's not about to let an aristocratic woman boss him around. As the garden's larger-than-life owner, he's already dealing with self-centered sopranos and temperamental tenors. But when she agrees to control the purse strings of London's premier pleasure garden, Harte's Folly, she finds herself butting heads with an infuriating scoundrel who can't be controlled.īawdy and bold, Asa Makepeace doesn't have time for a penny-pinching prude like Eve. Prim, proper, and thrifty, Eve Dinwoody is all business when it comes to protecting her brother's investment.

Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt