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The Scandalous Flirt
The Scandalous Flirt by Olivia Drake is $2.99! This is part of the Cinderella Sisterhood series and it’s currently a finalist for a 2018 RITA in the Long Historical category. Readers loved the enemies to lovers, but within the first few pages, there is a magical g*psy character.
Scandal begins with just one kiss. . .
Aurora Paxton was once the belle of the ball, the most sought-after debutante of the season―until a scandalous mistake ruined her. Shunned by her family, Rory was banished to the country to live in disgrace. Now she’s been summoned back to London by her stepmother, who is being blackmailed by the least likely person Rory can imagine: Lucas Vale, Marquess of Dashell.
Lucas is someone Rory’s known for years―a man as devastatingly handsome as he is coldly disapproving of her. What in the world could he want from her or her family? Rory intends to find out as soon as she comes face to face with her old foe. What she never expects, however, is that the icy aristocrat has a soft spot for her―and a secret plan to redeem her status. Could it be that Lucas has been in love with Rory all along. . .and has finally found a way to win her heart?
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The Day of the Duchess
The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean is $1.99! This is the third book in the Scandal & Scoundrel series. Elyse read this one and ultimately gave it C+, mainly because she couldn’t forgive the hero for his actions:
If you really like a good grovel, this book might be your catnip. As much as I loved Sera and her sisters, I just couldn’t buy the reconciliation.
The one woman he will never forget…
Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost forever. The dukedom does not wait, however, and Haven requires an heir, which means he must find himself a wife by summer’s end. There is only one problem—he already has one.The one man she will never forgive…
After years in exile, Seraphina, Duchess of Haven, returns to London with a single goal—to reclaim the life she left and find happiness, unencumbered by the man who broke her heart. Haven offers her a deal; Sera can have her freedom, just as soon as she finds her replacement…which requires her to spend the summer in close quarters with the husband she does not want, but somehow cannot resist.A love that neither can deny…
The duke has a single summer to woo his wife and convince her that, despite their broken past, he can give her forever, making every day The Day of the Duchess.Add to Goodreads To-Read List →
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My Fair Highlander
My Fair Highlander by Mary Wine is $1.99! This is the second book in the English Tudor series. Readers enjoyed the heroine’s growth in the book and appreciated the hero’s gentleness with the heroine (kidnapping aside). Also, content warning for an attempted rape. This book has a 3.9-star rating on Goodreads.
Jemma Ramsden is a wild thing in a noblewoman’s body-so thinks Gordon Dwyre, Laird Barras, watching her galloping on horseback through her brother’s lands. Bold, headstrong, beautiful: the perfect bride for a lusty Scots warrior. He might be able to convince her, too, if she would hear his suit. But Barras doesn’t wait to be handed what he wants. When he’s forced to rescue her from English ruffians, he makes sure she stays safe-by locking her in his castle.
Jemma is hardly an eager captive. She has no horse and no freedom, and she is an Englishwoman in a hostile Scots keep: a stranger without work or friend. Barras seems determined to charm her-even tempt forbidden desires, a daring game that leaves Jemma desperate for more. But with passion, love, and a new life within her grasp, Jemma is in more danger than even she knows…
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The Forbidden Duke
The Forbidden Duke by Darcy Burke is 99c! This is a romance between a “ruined” heroine and the man who ruined her. The romance is on the shorter side, which readers either loved because they wanted a quick read, or disliked because the characterization wasn’t as fleshed out as they would have liked. It’s the first book in the Untouchables series and it has a 3.8-star rating on Goodreads.
Spinster Miss Eleanor Lockhart is suddenly homeless and employment is her only option. Ruined after succumbing to a scoundrel’s excessive charm nearly a decade ago, she’s lucky to obtain a position as a paid companion and committed to behaving with the utmost propriety. She definitely shouldn’t be in the arms of a man capable of utterly destroying what little remains of her reputation…
Titus St. John, Duke of Kendal, is known as the Forbidden Duke, a mysterious, intimidating figure who enters Society just once each year at his stepmother’s ball. A decade ago, he was a devil-may-care rake until his idle roguery brought about the ruin of Eleanor Lockhart—and his resulting self-imposed isolation. Now she’s back, and she needs his help. But by “saving” her, he may just ruin her life all over again.
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I DNF’d The Day of the Duchess. I’m a Maclean fan, but the miscarriage at the beginning was a trigger for me. I kept on for another chapter before putting myself out of my misery. I didn’t like either character.
I also can not recommend The Day of the Duchess – my recorded comments were: Terse writing, melodramatic plot, unlikely divorce details – 1 star out of 5, Toasted from my Ebook Library
I enjoyed some of MacLean’s earlier books and eagerly waited for the Day of the Duchess. It was a major disappointment! I agree with the previous comment on the problems with the book. I gave it a one star at Amazon, would have given minus stars if allowed. Not sure I will ever read another of her books.
Day of the Duchess was underwhelming to say the least, but it does introduce Felicity Faircloth who turned out to be a delightful heroine in MacLean’s newest “Wicked and the Wallflower.” You definitely don’t need to read Day of the Duchess in order to appreciate the new book or Felicity as a character, but it was nice to have a bit of her backstory.
I hate to add to the negative comments about Day of the Duchess because Sarah Maclean is one of my top two favorite Regency authors (the other being Julie Anne Long) but I personally feel like DotD is overrated. I loved almost all of her other books except for A Scot in the Dark because I didn’t care about Lily and wanted more of the Soiled Ss. I didn’t hate DotD – by the end I found the resolution quite loving but unlike her other books it’s not a reread for me. I know it got her a lot of rave reviews but personally I would definitely tell people to start with her Numbers series or the Rule of Scoundrels – those are wonderful. Wicked and the Wallflower was a return to form for me though so I can’t wait to read the next one in the new series.
I loved the first book in the series, “The Rogue Not Taken”, but I really did not like “A Scot in the Dark”. The reviews of DotD lead me to suspect that I wouldn’t much like that one, either. I feel like there was so much potential for the Soiled S’s that didn’t pan out.
Sarah MacLean is hit and miss with me.
Can’t decide what bothers me more about the first cover – her missing (or oddly jointed) shin and foot or his Hessians on the white sofa…
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It would be the hessians on the white sofa for me. The blacking polish used on those boots would ruin that sofa.
We have a strict no shoes in the house policy. Many years ago a friend unknowingly had dog poo on his shoes and walked it in all over our new carpet in our apartment. So those hessians wouldn’t have made it past my front door, lol.
I actually loved The Day Of The Duchess! When I read The Rogue Not Taken, I never could have imagined MacLean would try to redeem the Duke of Haven or that I would end up loving him as much as I did. His past actions were pretty unforgivable but somehow I was rooting for him from the start. Sera was such an incredible heroine and I loved watching her keep her head held high in spite of unfortunate circumstances. Sera and Haven’s tension built at quite a clip throughout the story and neither was willing to budge. Watching Haven and Sera finally get together was worth the wait.