Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed / Anna Campbell / 385 pages

The title of this book is pretty clear about the plot so no one will start this book by mistake.  This book is Ana Campbell's latest.  I read it to see how she developed since her first book Untouched.
In the first book, the male character was a total ideal of what the perfect man should be: so nice, so caring, etc.  This character, Jonas, is the proverbial beast to contrast with Sidonie's beauty. (Note Disney-like yellow dress on the book cover.)
     Set in the first half of the 1800's in England, Sidonie has agreed to let this man have his way with her for seven nights in return for her sister's gambling debt.  This seems a quite odd premise, but it is due to the lack of any rights for women at that time.  Her sister is locked in an abusive marriage and fears for her life.  She is not legally able to leave her husband and would have no access to money or divorce.  He could also have her placed in Bedlam, the infamous mental institute.  To save her sister, Sidonie embarks on this most irregular plan.
     Jonas is also a flawed character.  Physically, scars mar his face and emotional scars mar his soul.  He is so not used to being a "Nice Guy".  Of course over the week, Sidonie comes to love him.  This seemed a stretch to me, but her experience with men has been with real jerks starting with her father so by comparison, Jonas is no worse.  By the last page they are on course to "live happily ever after", but I don't think it would be easy.  (oh yes, for 2 extra points:  This is first in the series "Sons of Sin")