Maybe this book should be rated just on the dialogue which was a continuous verbal war. A battle of wits from 2 people trying to destroy each other with words. Ms. Beverley went deep to come up with such sophisticated insults. She had to have done a lot of research, as well, to find so many perfect literary quotes. Still when the "Rogues" entered the story the excitement began and at that point I couldn't put the book down. The best is Nicholas' toast to Dare and all on page 327, so perfect too. That is why I gave it a 4 instead of the 3 I started to and because I love Blanche, Nicholas, Hal and all the other "Rogues" I have read about.(dare I end a sentence with a preposition??) My copy is one of the first printings in 1992, very much read and bought at auction and glad I won the bid. Looking forward to reading the 3 Georges books and finding more of all her "Rogue" and older Renfrew/Kyle series.