Some of you even emailed my editor about contracting me to write the rest of the books. Every single month, every single year, for 12 years. But, between 2002 to this day, readers have been emailing me asking if I would ever write the sequels to that book. You’ve made all the difference.įor years, there was no hope of my being able to write the planned sequels, in part for contractual reasons, in part because, well, why would a publisher take a chance on a sequel to a book originally published in 2002? Especially since it went out of print shortly thereafter. The biggest, widest, most enduring, and heartfelt thank yous go to the many readers who loved Lord Ruin (the first book in this series) whether you wrote to tell me so or not. Probably some of you reading this will roll your eyes when I say that as I write this, I am tearing up. Bella, thank you for not eating my shoes. To my son Nathaniel for having grown into a fine young man. To my sister for being such a great sport and a true fan. My deepest thanks go out to Carolyn Crane for being an awesome beta reader and to Robin Harders for editorial brilliance. Where such permission is sufficient, the author grants the right to strip any DRM which may be applied to this work. Image Copyright © deposit photos/FairytaleDesignĪll rights reserved. Image Copyright © Jenn LeBlanc/Illustrated Romance No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.Īll Rights Are Reserved. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. If you like unpredictable plots, refreshing dynamics, and sensual attraction, then you'll love Carolyn Jewel's tale of passion.This book is a work of fiction.

She's a brilliant, amusing, and arousing woman of deep honor.Īs Lucy's long-absent feelings of desire surge back, Lord Thrale must convince her that she's everything he wants in a lover, for the rest of his life.Ī Notorious Ruin is the second book in the Sinclair Sisters saga, a series of Regency romance novels. Everything he believes about the beautiful widow is wrong. The Marquess of Thrale, a visitor to the Sinclair home, picks up on Lucy's emptiness, but he soon realizes it's an act. She wants nothing more than to save enough money to move to a cottage of her own to keep her sister safe from their father's poor judgment. A facade of bland kindness is the only thing that keeps her sane in the face of thinly-veiled tabloid insults. She knows her first marriage ruined her, and she couldn't remarry if she wanted to. Lucy Sinclair Wilcott is a widow and the subject of public scorn. He's the only one who sees right through it.

A Notorious Ruin by Carolyn Jewel