Lady Be Good: A Wild, Sexy Romantic Comedy About a Proper Headmistress and a Disgraced Playboy (Wynette, Texas Book 3)

LADY BE GOOD is the second book in the Wynette, Texas series. It is the story of Lady Emma Wells-Finch who has come from England to Texas to do research and also to ruin her very proper reputation in order to avoid a marriage that she doesn't want. She meets Kenny Traveler, playboy, hothead and pro golfer. Kenny has been suspended from the pro golf tour and hopes to restore his status by doing the favor of chauffeuring Emma around. The two are striking sparks off of one another immediately. The love story here is sweet and funny. While there are some serious issues, this is one of the SEP books that is more lighthearted than serious. The humor takes precedence here. Emma is so determined to make herself disreputable. She wants a tattoo; she's drinking too much, flirting with men, buying tabloid magazines and condoms. At the same time, she is driving Kenny crazy because she is bossy and stubborn. I like the story because she has Kenny all twisted and he can't figure out why. As one might expect with a SEP romance, there is also a secondary romance dealing with Kenny's sister. Kenny has a messed up family and part of the resolution of the book is putting this family to rights again. For fans of the first book in the series, FANCY PANTS, there are appearances by Francesca and Dallie and their son Ted.

Review: The premise of this book is ridiculous... and I just love it! Prim and proper English lady goes to Texas to dispose of her good image to escape being forcefully married to a creepy (he was SOOOOO disturbingly nasty) duke. What she finds is a town, Wynette, full of colorful and wacky inhabitants, but none as frustrating and irresistible as the lazy but sexy golfer (slash “freelance gigolo”) Kenny. As with other SEP books, the humor took the number one spot on what made this story good. The hilarious banter, the spot-on one liners, the laugh out loud situations, ... I could go on an on. Here are some scenes that definitely go to my hall of fame: when Emma buys ridiculous things from the pharmacy because she thinks the duke’s lackey is watching and the subsequent conversation with Kenny regarding those items, Kenny explaining what his “fee” includes and what not, anytime Kenny mentions the Antichrist, Tories emus, etc. The wide cast of characters is another thing I appreciate about SEP books and, again, we meet all sorts of colorful characters, from respectable citizens to total oddballs. The romance was also sweet and awkwardly cute, even tough the end result and the latter quarter of the book was a slight letdown. Still, Emma and Kenny were like a couple of kindergarten kids who didn’t know yet that you can actually like each other without any agenda or pulling the others braids. The secondary romance was kind of halfway there, I didn’t completely feel it, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Even tough, I would usually dislike a character such as Torie (spoiled, slightly vain, expert in cussing, too in-your-face), in this book I found her flawed and slightly messed up yet charming. Dexter was a stud in geek’s clothes. Was I the only one who notices that he was kind of kinky? Characters: As much as I liked this book, I had a hard time warming up to Emma. I appreciated that she had quite a distinct personality with her own arsenal of quirks, but I couldn’t help thinking her extremely selfish. Yes, I did sympathies with her predicament and understood that she was tolerating everything for her beloved school, but the way she turned the already over the top lives of specific Wynette’s residents totally upside-down, causing mayhem and misunderstandings to everyone she saw as having a part in her escaping the clutches of the evil duke and her reputation, was too careless. It made for some hilarious situations and the cause was noble, but in most cases she didn’t really take into account what her victory might mean for the pawn in her plan. And a couple consequences weren’t really justifiable. Having said that, Emma was a refreshing heroine, no guesses, however, on who will wear the pants in her and Kenny’s relationship, Emma holds the reigns and I don’t think Kenny will mind being in the “service” of this composed and well-mannered English rose with an impeccable reputation (well not anymore when Wynette is through with her but it was dull reputation anyway) for the rest of his life. Kenny was sexy talented, smart and full of potential, unfortunately, he didn’t like to show that part of himself outside of golf, instead he relished being this lazy and easygoing hunk. I adored Kenny, he was fun, wicked and misunderstood, but oh so swoony . Overall: Another win for me from SEP, not that I was expecting anything less. I enjoyed it less than other books I’ve read from her, but this was a great romantic and hilarious read and I recommend it fully.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips has become one of my favorite authors. Her writing skill rises above those of almost every other author in this genre. She makes me feel like I personally know each character in her books, whether I like them or not! Her gift for dialogue and humor is unmatched. Her characterization of southern males is spot on - and I think that's what makes this book so funny... I can actually visualize Kenny ambling along, drawling in his southern accent, trying to convince the world he's as lazy as he's pretending to be. The heroine's quirkiness was delightful! I loved the tension and steam between the characters, and the first time they were together... whew... one of my all-time favorite sizzle scenes. Reread-worthy! (Thank. You. SEP!) Kenny's grovel scene was one of her best. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did!

I loved this book, just like I have loved all of SEP's books. For some reason, I dragged my feet reading this book. I didnt think it was going to interest me as much as all the others. I finally cracked and was so happy that I did. Just like all the others, she sucked me in and made me fall in love with the characters. Both Emma and Kenny were silly and i had plenty of eye rolling going on, but I was highly entertained and loved the outcome and gettting to know the subcharacters again and better. Awesome job SEP!

Great story. I love her books!

Lecture agréable et amusante mais pas inoubliable. Lady Machin m'a très sérieusement tapé sur les nerfs et le héros est trop linéaire !!!

Als SEP-Fan sollte es mich nicht überraschen, dass ich beim Lesen immer wieder mal laut auflachen muss - tut es aber trotzdem. Durch sehr anschauliche Beschreibungen der Hauptcharaktere kann man sich innerhalb kürzester Zeit mit ihnen identifizieren. Diesmal ist SEP mit Lady Emma ein wirklich toller Charakter gelungen. Ein englisches Jungfräulein möchte seinen guten Ruf um jeden Preis verlieren. Nur blöd, dass Kenni, ein Berufsgolfer, das nicht zulassen möchte. Die Story an sich ist nicht neu, sie wird aber mit soviel Witz erzählt, dass man das Buch kaum mehr aus der Hand legen möchte. Wer Aufheiterung benötigt, sollte unbedingt diese Geschichte lesen.

Suzan Elizabeth Phillips never disappoints. After I discovered "It Had To Be You" I was immediately hooked on Susan Elizabeth Phillip's books and Lady Be Good is in my opinion one of her best. Its adorable and sweet, funny and romantic. Adored the combination of funny witty aristocratic lady with the moody american athlete. I loved the combination of Emma and Kenny! An amazing light, funny, romantic MUST read!

Overall- delightful and witty. But it became surreal towards the end with sudden realizations and everything falling into place in a few pages.

My favorite author!! Love her books. So funny!