Initially I gave this one a 3* but then I read the 2nd book in the Scandalous Brides series and realized how good this one actually was. 
 Diane Benchley is an awesome heroine. She overcomes quite a bit of adversity--her wagering wastrel of a husband up and dies on her, leaving her penniless and in debt up to her eyes in a foreign country, add to her recent widowhood a hottie too frightened by his feelings for her to help. With a tiny bit of forgery, Diane returns to London to kick ass and take names with her new gentleman's club. The name foremost on her list is Marquis of Haybury, Oliver Warren. 
 (view spoiler)[I love how Diane traps Oliver into working for her. And how she SHOOTS him! It's a little unbelievable that he doesn't scream and moan more after that, but it does make the reader like him more. 
 I also loved all the little wagers they made together--24hrs here and there. Oliver both discovers his feelings a bit too quickly in my taste AND takes too long to do anything about it (yes, I'm hard to please). 
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 One thing that realllly confused me was Diane's friends. How many were there? Was Jenny the same as Genevieve, Langtree and "the French twist"? 
 Apart from that, great story.