I have to admit, I picked up this book because of the title. I’m so used to the term lady luck that claiming that “Luck Is No Lady
In historical romances, the hero is usually a titled gentleman. In “Luck Is No Lady
Still, though he exists in the fringes of polite society, Roderick still gets invited to the haut ton drawing rooms and party. After all, he is the ton’s money man, their go-to man for profitable and legitimate investments.
True to form in historical romances, Roderick Bentley and gently bred Emma Chadwick met in one of those extravagant parties of the London season. Hiding from would-like-to-be paramours, Roderick and Emma found themselves behind the same curtain!
The attraction between them was palpable even at that time, but nothing would have come out of it if not the bad luck (or should it be good luck) that the Chadwick’s finances are in shambles and Emma needed a job. As luck would have it, there was an opening at Roderick’s place of business. Their second meeting was at the job interview and this is the point that it truly became very interesting!
A fast and easy read, that quite frankly, you can finish “Luck Is No Lady
Roderick might be a rouge and a non-conformist, yet there is enough gentility in him to balance the bad boy in him. Emma might be this prim and proper lady, but there is enough adventurer in her to make her break the rules!
“Luck Is No Lady (Fallen Ladies)
“You should not have kissed me,” she replied breathlessly.
“I do a lot of things I shouldn’t. It does not mean I won’t do them again.”
Gently bred Emma Chadwick always assumed she’d live and die the daughter of a gentleman. But when her father’s death reveals a world of staggering debt and dangerous moneylenders, she must risk her good name and put her talent for mathematics to use, taking a position as bookkeeper at London’s most notorious gambling hell. Surrounded by vice and corruption on all sides, it is imperative no one discovers Emma’s shameful secret or her reputation-and her life-will be ruined.
But Roderick Bentley, the hell’s sinfully wealthy owner, awakens a hunger Emma cannot deny. Drawn deep into an underworld of high stakes gambling and reckless overindulgence, she soon discovers that in order to win the love of a ruthless scoundrel, she will have to play the game…and give in to the pleasure of falling from grace.
