Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano

To save her family from financial ruin, Miss Poppy Garrison accepts an unusual proposition to participate in the New York social season in exchange for her grandmother settling a family loan that has unexpectedly come due. Ill-equipped to handle the intricacies of mingling within the New York Four Hundred, Poppy becomes embroiled in one hilarious fiasco after another, doomed to suffer a grand societal failure instead of being deemed the diamond of the first water her grandmother longs for her to become.

Reginald Blackburn, second son of a duke, has been forced to travel to America to help his cousin, Charles Wynn, Earl of Lonsdale, find an American heiress to wed in order to shore up his family estate that is in desperate need of funds. Reginald himself has no interest in finding an heiress to marry, but when Poppy's grandmother asks him to give etiquette lessons to Poppy, he swiftly discovers he may be in for much more than he bargained for.

I found this book to be very entertaining.  Poppy knows nothing about high society and how she is supposed to act.   She's only there so she can save the family farm.  She has no desire to snag a titled husband.  Reginald is no Duke, but he is very influential in England.  He tries to keep his secret so he won't be the target of matchmaking mothers.  Poppy's grandmother hires Reginald to help Poppy learn the niceties of society.  He grudging accepts and what follows is an adventure for both of them.

This is the second book in the series.  I have not read the first book and did not feel lost while reading this book.  Although, Diamond in the Rough was so good I want to read the first book.  I recommend this book to any one looking for an entertaining read.

I was given this book by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.