The Devil Who Tamed Her

Title: The Devil Who Tamed Her
Author: Johanna Lindsey
Hardcover, 368 pages
Published June 2007

Johanna Lindsey presents a spirited Regency-era novel about the transforming power of true love.

What will change her mischievous ways: prudence or passion?

Ophelia Reid is an incomparable beauty and a ruthless gossip. Having purposely wrecked her arranged engagement to future marquis Duncan MacTavish, Ophelia wants to return to London's marriage mart and make her own choice of a wealthy husband. But on her journey home, something unexpected happens....The heir to a dukedom, Raphael Locke is the most sought-after young lord in England. When MacTavish claims that Ophelia will never be anything but spiteful, Rafe bets his friend otherwise. Whisking her to his country estate, Rafe shows his furious, sharp-tongued "guest" the error of her ways and discovers the surprising reasons for her bad behavior. When Rafe champions the new and improved Ophelia's re-entry to London society, marriage proposals pour in. But has Rafe gone and fallen in love with Ophelia himself?

Johanna Lindsey really knows how to tickle my imagination. This second book from the Reid Family series (I haven't read the first one, silly me!) is exquisite. Ophelia is a character that you would surely love to hate and eventually hate to love. No wonder young Raphael Locke, Viscount Lynnfield, heir to a dukedom, (wow, that's a mouhtful!) is having a hard time with his feeling while taming "Her Royal Shrewness."

This is a nice read, perfect bedtime story or when lounging on the sofa waiting for an appointment. My rating for The Devil Who Tamed Her - 3 bookmarks!