I did not finish this book. While I appreciate the offer to have the novel., I have stopped reading any romance novels that stray more into erotica.

The continuation of "Revealing Ruby" that hones the focus on the famous Madam Rouge or rather her ton alter-ego: Emma. So, please, read "Revealing Ruby" first so you can get the full effect and a lot of the backstory.

Ravishing Ruby begins 3 months after Revealing Ruby. The affair with Derek is over and he is gone. She misses him but continues to live her life as we have come to know it...with an added wrinkle...apparently Madam Rogue is an aler-ego...she is really a lady of the ton - Emma Scanlon whose "ton" life is still very much under scrutiny.

Enter hard to please grandparents that demand she maintain respectability (by marrying well) or lose their "affection". With her inside knowledge of the depravities of most of the ton's "eligible" males, she finds that she is longing for her deep connection (though I was skeptical of this as most of Revealing Ruby was lust rather than love) with Derek.

Voila! Derek is back and looking to settle down with a respectable, biddable "ton" wife. Can you see where this is headed now?

So, despite of, or maybe because of the task before both of them, they keep falling into bed together (HOT, HOT, HOT) as a rebellion to what they must do only deepening their connection.

I think the problem for me is that it needed more development & buildup, beyond the bed olympics that seemed to be going on every fourth page. No don't get me wrong...those moments were VERY entertaining and fun to read...

Hot and sexy read.