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Something's lacking for me in this story, I loved Nick, but the Catherine, ehh, even though she's portrayed as the damsel in distress, she didn't deserve Nick. And the ending was kind of blah too, I was expecting a epilogue. I wanted to know how they are after they're officially announced. Like, is Catherine still able to run her respectable auction business being married to a owner of a gambling house? Even throughout the book, Cat implied complications of that kind of marriage, esp back in those days of the 18th c.


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It was in Lady Be Good (Rules for the Reckless) that I developed my crush on Nick O'Shea, the H of this HR. He and Catherine Everleigh were such strong secondary characters in that book that I can't imagine it without them in it. And I'm not even sure that this Nick crush I have could have developed just from reading this new release. So I'm giving 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 to this beautifully romantic story but perhaps it's really a rating based on the reading of both books.

Catherine, the heroine of this book, I appreciate much more in this story because I had met her previously. Her developing friendship with Lily (Nick's niece) in LADY BE GOOD was perhaps the best thing about that book (if one doesn't count Nick, my crush, of course). And now we have Catherine as the star of her very own romance.

This is an "across the socioeconomic divide" romance. Catherine is the rich co-owner (with brother Peter) of Everleigh Auction House. She's beautiful, intelligent, extremely knowledgeable about art and antiques but just a bit weak in social skills. Known as the "Ice Queen", she doesn't make friends easily and shows no interest in men or marriage. It's not exactly her fault. Her mother and father didn't spread the love around too well. Father respected her talents, trained her to be his assistant and eventual replacement, inspired her to want his approval, but showed little love to her or interest in her as a person. And mother was an unhappy woman who wasn't quite the Role Model for happily-married woman.

Then we have Nick. He was born into poverty but his innate intelligence and ambition have made him into an outstanding success and power player in the East End. First starting out in criminal activities (What else is there for a very poor boy to do?) he's now rich enough to live off monies from legal activities such as his upscale gaming club and legitimate investments. He doesn't have much education and reads at a basic level, but he's bright, he's honorable (yes, he is, former criminal or not), and he's physically beautiful to boot. Perhaps there are a few residual insecurities and resentments from his days as a poor street boy thrown coins by the upper class "toffs". That's understandable.

Catherine lives for Everleigh Auction House. It's her only life and it's being threatened by evil brother Peter, who's stealing funds and running the business into the ground. If she doesn't marry she will have no say about how her half of the business is run. What to do? Well, husbands of the peerage wouldn't suit. They'd want to control her and keep her from the life she loves, so her strategy is to get Nick, her friend and employee Lily's uncle, to agree to a contractual marriage. (One night of consummation and nothing after that, with mutual agreement to divorce after 5 years.) She just needs that legitimate marriage certificate so she can share in the running of the auction house. She doesn't want a marriage or husband.

Well, that would all be fine and dandy except that that husband is Nick O'Shea. He's starting to seem like someone she could fall in love with. He's principled, he's loyal, he's respectful, he encourages her uniqueness and independence. So... We have Catherine fighting her very powerful attraction to Nick and Nick trying to keep that attraction as powerful as possible.

This is a lovely love story. Problems along the way are almost all due to evil brother Peter. How anyone could treat one's own flesh and blood the way Peter does is hard to fathom. How could he and Catherine have been raised in the same family and each turn out the way they did? But once we get the Peter Problem taken care of, it's then up to Nick and Catherine to get their relationship in order. They do a great job.
"Since their first meeting, she had wondered about him. He was so very . . . free . . . in this attitudes and behavior. She had never met anybody like him."

FINAL DECISION Lovely story with a sexy and charming self-made rogue and a strong woman who wants to make her own way. LUCK BE A LADY is steamy and dramatic and filled with deep emotions. It satisfies fans of the series but also can be thoroughly enjoyed by new readers.

THE STORY Catherine Everleigh is talented and has wanted nothing more than to work in her father's auction house her whole life. Her father left the auction house in equal shares between Catherine and her brother, but Catherine cannot control her share until her marriage. Known as the "Ice Queen", Catherine is a spinster with no desire for marriage, but she will sacrifice in order to save the auction house. Her brother has begun to embezzle from the business and Catherine knows that there is no time to lose. In her desperation, she turns to Nicholas O'Shea and proposes a marriage of convenience. Nick is a survivor and a crime lord who is moving into legal operations. He agrees to Catherine's proposition in order to protect his own turf and because he has wanted Catherine for a year. While their marriage is supposed to be all business, Nick intends to seduce the ice queen.

OPINION I absolutely loved the characters in this book. Nick is dashing and naughty and incredibly wonderful. A man who has made something of himself despite all odd to the contrary. He is also incredibly respectful of Catherine's abilities. That is what she ends up appreciating most. He likes her mind and her strength and is not threatened by her. Catherine is proud and smart and hard working. She is a working woman in a society that has no appreciation for her talents. In the prior book in the series, LADY BE GOOD, I didn't like her very much. Through Duran's talents, Catherine is made entirely sympathetic here. These are complex and fascinating characters and I didn't want their story to end because I liked them both so much.

I am a huge fan of social mismatch stories and this story is a good one. Their match is so inappropriate that Catherine uses it as blackmail. The romance is deep and adult and there are not silly misunderstandings. These two people learn to talk to one another, to see things in each other that they did not expect and to fall in love.

The plot is also exciting as well. There are unexpected twists that kept me turning the pages quickly even as I wanted to savor the story. The story was complete and satisfying but at the same time I was sad when I finished the last page because I loved these characters so much.

WORTH MENTIONING Fans of the series will get a surprise appearance by a character who readers met before and who plays an important role in this book.

CONNECTED BOOKS LUCK BE A LADY is the fourth book in the Rules for the Reckless series. Although there are appearances from characters from the series, this book can be read as a standalone.

STAR RATING I give this book 5 stars.
Duran's writing is gorgeous. I loved both heroine and hero. Catherine works hard because she adores her work and it reminds her of a father she loved, which is so moving, and she's incredibly good at it. She is fully open to sexual passion, but frightened of how it can make her heart vulnerable. And she's super aware of how easily men can subtly shift the balance of power and pull the rug out from under a woman.

Nick respects Catherine entirely -- her intelligence and determination and success and independence and strength of character. He's vulnerable but not whiny. He is, in fact, a very loving man. I love love love heroes who are strong and confident, but also already fully capable of real, powerful love -- long before they meet the heroine. I loved Nick from early in the novel, but when he started talking to Catherine about different kinds of love, I lost my heart to him.

They're both successful professionally, and they help each other succeed even further. They work as a team, and that's so perfect.

Finally, the history Duran reveals in this novel is fascinating, and it's entirely entwined with the characters' identities and the story. I loved everything about this novel. It's started me on a Duran reading binge I never want to end.
Something's lacking for me in this story, I loved Nick, but the Catherine, ehh, even though she's portrayed as the damsel in distress, she didn't deserve Nick. And the ending was kind of blah too, I was expecting a epilogue. I wanted to know how they are after they're officially announced. Like, is Catherine still able to run her respectable auction business being married to a owner of a gambling house? Even throughout the book, Cat implied complications of that kind of marriage, esp back in those days of the 18th c.