They have one - and only one - customer from the upper echelons of society: Lady Clara, Harry’s sister. The shop is on the verge of collapse and Sophy and her younger sister Leonie, unwilling to live off their brother-in-law’s largesse, are terrified. Furthermore, the ton, shocked by a modiste stealing one of their own, shuns Maison Noirot. For starters, Clara’s mother now loathes the Noirots with a snooty passion. Their wedding causes all sorts of trouble for the Noirot sisters and their dress shop, Maison Noirot. In that book, Harry’s best friend, the Duke of Clevedon, marries Sophy’s sister, Marcelline, rather than Harry’s younger sister Clara.

The two were introduced in the first novel in the series, Silk for Seduction. Readers willing to suspend disbelief will enjoy this book tremendously those who like their fiction grounded in gritty reality will not. In the proverbial real world, there’s no way these two lovers would find their happy ending, but in this giddy novel they do. It reads like a fairy tale written for grown-ups: Whimsical, unpredictable, and fantastical. It’s a steamy, exceedingly enjoyable read. Chase’s usual verve and humor, tells the story of Sophy Noirot and Harry, the Earl of Longmore. Chase’s latest, Scandal Wears Satin, the second in her Dressmakers series, the answer is a resounding and yet unbelievable yes.

Can a beautiful, conniving, brilliant French dressmaker find true love with a gorgeous, straight-forward, not so bright English Earl? In Ms.

Scandal wears satin