Normally I wouldn't have even bought this based upon the fact that the title seemed silly, but I read some good reviews and decided to give it a try and I'm glad I did. This was another debut novel that was much, much better than expected. At the advanced age of 28, Lady Calpurnia "Callie" Hartwell has an early mid-life crisis and decides to do some adventurous things, and she draws up a list of 9 things that in the Regency period only men were allowed to do Her first task is to kiss her secret crush, the Marquess (5 points!) of Ralston. In return he asks her, a not-quite-so-young lady of sterling reputation, to guide his arguably-illegitimate sister through the social Season. But chaperoning a young lady and secret adventures don't go well together--and why is Ralston turning up at all her escapades and alternatively concerned about her reputation and putting the moves on her? In the end it's not clear whether Ralston seduces Callie or she seduces him--but the story in the end is a good balance of funny, tender, and sexy. I really liked it. In fact, I'm re-reading at least parts of it Perhaps at the real midlife-crisis age of nearly 40 I can relate to someone who wants to stop being boring and live a little!