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"Fine Regency romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 30, 2005

Ian knows he is an idiot for dueling with Lord Paige over cuckolding the man's wife as killing or being killed is not worth what could happen to his mother and sister if they lack his protection. Paige fires early but misses. Ian fires at a tree, but Read more...

"Regency Rake Meets His Match"
Reviewed by Linda Hurst
Posted March 5, 2005

In THE DUEL, master of the Regency Romp Barbara Metzger brings us the tale of Ian, Earl of Marden and the innocent Miss Renslow. Ian is a Rake of the first order. As the book opens Ian is fighting a duel with Lord Paige because of his philandering with Lord Read more...

From the award-winning author of A Perfect Gentleman comes an enchanting tale about an imperfect earl and the picture- perfect woman who teaches him that love is always worth fighting for.

Summary

If only he could go back in time. Then Ian, the Earl of Marden, would not have dueled, and he would not have hit an innocent bystander—a sickly lad, no less. And he certainly would never have brought the boy's sister, Athena Renslow, to stay at his house without a chaperone. Now, on top of it all, the nineteen-year-old beauty is under the mistaken impression that Ian is the gentle hero who rescued her brother—instead of the rogue who practically killed him... Unable to find her a respectable duenna, Ian resolves to do the honorable thing. But Athena won't let the wealthy, handsome bachelor sacrifice everything by marrying a country nobody, despite the urgings of both their families—and the desire of both their hearts...