To Sin With a Stranger

By Kathryn Caskie

Meet the "Seven Deadly Sins"

The seven Sinclair brothers and sisters live for scandal and delight in disgrace . . . until their father decrees that they must reform. Propriety has never come easily, but now they have no choice. Marry in haste . . . or regret in poverty!

The Sinclairs of Scotland are known throughout society as the Seven Deadly Sins. Cast out by their father and denied their inheritance unless they mend their wild ways, they travel to London to seek respectability. No member of the clan is more scandalous than Sterling Sinclair, the Marquess of Blackburn. The ladies of the ton are powerless to withstand his rakish charms . . . until Miss Isobel Carington comes along.

Ten thousand pounds if she marries Sinclair!

Isobel is horrified to learn that's the amount wagered at White's Club—and now all of London is eagerly betting on her future! She's already publicly spurned the marquess, a man she hardly knows, but she's sure he is up to something, as he launches a bold campaign of seduction anyway. But soon she is surprised to learn there is much more to this man than reckless adventure and bad behavior . . . and, against her will, she begins to relish the thrill of sinning with this stranger . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 6, 2009
• ISBN: 9780061980145

Kathryn Caskie

Kathryn Caskie has long been a devotee of history and things of old, so it came as no surprise to her family when she took a career detour off the online superhighway and began writing historical romances full time. With a background in marketing, advertising, and journalism, she has written professionally for television, radio, the internet, magazines, and newspapers in and around metropolitan Washington, DC. How to Engage an Earl is her sixth novel. Kathryn lives in a 200-year-old Quaker home nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with her greatest sources of inspiration, her husband and two young daughters.

Reviews for To Sin With a Stranger

[jjmachshev_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release Dec08Author Kathryn Caskie has launched a new series starring the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’—seven children of the Scottish peerage who each embody one of the seven ‘deadlies’. “To Sin With a Stranger” is the first book of the series and stars the eldest brother as he succumbs to a quite unlikely woman while making his courtship the talk of London!When the Duke of Sinclair cast out his seven children and sent them to London to redeem themselves or be cut off forever from his name and riches, the eldest son, Sterling, is horrified and feels the burden of care for his siblings. Sterling’s ‘sin’ is Greed, so he is quick to do whatever is necessary to finance the siblings new life…even prizefighting. His scandalous charm will be put to the test when he meets a most unlikely woman. And, of course, she will be the one to tempt his possessiveness more than any woman before her.Isobel is a quiet gentlewoman of a political schemer. When her fiancé and brother were killed in the war, she became a champion of those left behind by similar deaths and tirelessly campaigns for money to finance a home for the widows and orphans of soldiers killed in the war. She is shocked and disgusted when she happens upon a prizefight and the careless gambling of such outrageous sums on something so frivolous—and involving a nobleman to boot! When he involves her in a notorious bet on White’s infamous ‘betting book’, she’s also outraged. But the more time they spend together, the more confused she becomes. He seems so much ‘more’ than the façade he offers society. What is his scheme? And why?I’ve read and enjoyed Kathryn Caskie’s earlier novels. But this one just seemed a bit ‘too’…something…staged, unrealistic, almost farcical. I couldn’t seem to warm to any of the Sinclair siblings, maybe because the author’s description of their antics made their disownment reasonable! Sterling’s obsession with wealth and money was odd when contrasted with his efforts to contribute to Isobel’s cause. And I found the reactions of London society to the ‘bet’ just plain nonsense and opposite of everything I’ve ever read of what would be allowed.Isobel too was a confusing character for me. She never really became more than a figure on paper. Her actions and reactions were all over the place and that confused me even more. Her father’s motives were ever unclear and even when explained, I found them unreasonable and unlikely. And again, the seven siblings seemed more caricature than character.I was so disappointed in Kathryn Caskie’s latest since I began the book with high hopes after reading the back cover blurb. I gave myself an extra day to think about the book, but still have to say that it just didn’t work for me on any number of levels. Having said all that, I will still pick up the next book in the series, hoping that “To Sin With a Stranger” will be an anomaly.