Month: March 2022

Lady Scandal by Wendy LaCapra

On By TracyIn Book Publicity, Georgian Era (1714-1837), Part of a Series, Tracy's Reviews1 Comment

Lady Scandal (Furies, #2)Lady Scandal by Wendy LaCapra

Tracy’s rating: 4 of 5 stars

Series: Furies, #2

Release Date: 2015

The Countess of Randolph, nee Lady Sophia Baneham is furious, mere hours after her wedding she has learned the truth of her new husband. She leaves him and joins her friends at the home of the dowager Duchess of Wynchester. Sophia aka Lady Scandal along with her friends Lavinia (Lady Vice) and Thea (Duchess Decadence) run an illegal gaming enterprise and are known far and wide as the Furies. Sophia believed Hugh, the Earl of Randolph was different and made a wager with him, which ended in her marriage to him – a fate she looked forward to at the time, thinking marriage to him would protect her from her father’s enemies, namely Kasai, but that was before she learned he worked for her late and very much unlamented father and now she wants nothing more than to be done with him.

Hugh did marry Sophia to protect her from Kasai, but he knows there is more to his desire to wed her than a promise to her father to keep her safe. He knew she would be angry when she learned the truth, but he didn’t expect her to disappear off the face of the earth for weeks and he definitely didn’t expect to find her working on a farm run by a Quaker! But to win her back, Hugh agrees to work alongside her and hopes to build something lasting with her. But when their enemies find them, will they work together to vanquish them or will Kasai win the day?

This was a very well-written, nicely paced book with wonderful characters and a very intricate plot. This book has a bit of everything, secrets, lies, steamy love scenes, intrigue, spies, great secondary characters, surprising twists and turns, and finally a lovely ending complete with an epilogue. This is the second book in the series and while I didn’t read the first book, I was able to follow the plot with no issues, but I will be reading the first book as soon as possible and I will definitely be reading the final book in the series too!

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher. All opinions in this review are my own.*

I Want You to Want Me by Shana Galen

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I Want You to Want Me (The Survivors, #12)Barbara’s rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Series: The Survivors #12
Publication Date: 3/8/22
Period: Regency
Number of Pages: 326

The last of our Survivors from Draven’s Dozen has finally found his HEA. Nicholas St. Clare lived for horses before the war. He rode them, he trained them, he groomed them – he just loved them. Then, during the heat of battle, he lost it all. He nearly died when his beloved warhorse fell on him, but his fellow survivors found him and saved him – at least they saved most of him. His legs were horribly crushed and the doctors were sure he’d never walk again. He did manage to walk again – very slowly and very painfully – but walk he did. What he cannot do – and will never be able to do is ride again. He’s ashamed of his horrible scars and deformed legs, so he thinks everyone pities him and would run in horror if they ever saw his scars. He doesn’t ever want to marry, but his mother is on a crusade and she’s wanting to parade all of those typical ton misses before him. He can’t do it – he just can’t do it – and then, he doesn’t have to because he inadvertently compromises a local gently born lady. Hmmm – so he finds himself presented with the opportunity for a marriage in name only that will perfectly suit both the lady and himself. Yep – we all know how well that is going to work.

Amelia Blackstock has spent her life nursing one ill family member or another. She’s loving, dutiful, and finally has at least a little freedom since her father’s death. Well, maybe a tad too much freedom or maybe it is a bit of poor judgment. Now, she’s in a spot of bother, and being compromised by Lord Nicholas might not be a bad thing at all.

I really liked Amelia and I loved how she saw Nicholas as more than his injuries. From the very beginning, she defended him and protected him – and that was before she even really knew him at all. I liked Nicholas as well and I could understand his insecurities – but I thought they went on a bit too long.

I loved the house party with all of the survivors and their wives. It was great to catch up with them and see them all with their families. Rafe Beaumont was particularly entertaining, but I would have liked to see some grand epiphany that allowed him and his family to live in England.

All-in-all, it was a lovely read and a sweet farewell to the Survivors. Nicholas’s sister Fortensia could certainly use her own HEA, so maybe we’ll get that in another series. I really liked her and how well she cared for Nicholas.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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