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- Publisher: Mills & Boon (3 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 026386281X
- ISBN-13: 978-0263862812
- Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 10.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Chef Lara needs cash fast - her business partner has duped her and her beloved restaurant is in crisis. There's only one man who can help - Wolfe Alexander, her tall, dark, brooding stepbrother. Wolfe needs to marry to meet the terms of his late father's will, and when beautiful Lara begs him for money he sees his opportunity: a powerful attraction has always simmered between them - he'll help if she'll be his convenient wife! With no choice but to accept Wolfe's terms, Lara is soon swept into a world of high-society glamour and passion beyond her wildest dreams.
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"Scandalising the Ton" by Diane Caston, set in the final years of the regency period, is the sequel to "The Vanishing Viscountess (Historical Romance)" by the same author. The hero of this book, Adrian Pomroy, is the best friend of the Marquis of Tannerton ("Tanner" to his friends") who was the hero of the previous book. Lydia, this book's heroine is the widow of the villain of that story who despite being completely innocent of his crimes finds herself caught up in the same web of murder and intrigue which had nearly resulted in the wrongful execution of "The Vanishing Viscountess."
This is the fourth in a loose series of novels by Diane Gaston, which run as follows:
1) "The Mysterious Miss M (Mills & Boon Historical)" was the first book written, though not the first published: the subject matter is darker than normal for the genre, it is a "marmite book" which some people will like and others hate, and the author did not find a publisher for it until it won a prize. This is bundled with certain editions of "The Vanishing Viscountess" (particularly the Mills & Boon 100th birthday edition) as an extra story.
2) "Innocence & Impropriety" which has also been published as part of "Regency Improprieties (Regency Collection 2011)," tells the story of the private secretary who the Marquis of Tannerton uses as a go-between in negotiations for a beautiful actress to become his mistress. Unbeknown to him, the actress concerned would prefer not to be any man's mistress and continues the negotiations only because she is smitten, not with the principal but the negotiator ...
3) The third book, "The Vanishing Viscountess" takes place just after the conclusion of "Innocence and Impropriety" and at the start of that book Tanner is musing on the outcome of the events of that story.
4) As explained above, this book, "Scandalising the Ton (Historical Romance)" is the sequel to "The Vanishing Viscountess."
As this book starts, in November 1818, Tanner has proved that "The Vanishing Viscountess" was innocent of the murder of which she was accused, but the widow of the real murderer is being unjustly assumed by society to have been implicated in his crimes; she has been ostracised by the "Ton," as High Society was known, and is beseiged by creditors and jounalists. Adrian Pomroy has just become entitled to use the courtesy title of Viscount Cavanley as his father has inherited that of Earl of Varcourt - a recent change of name which allows some for some amusing misunderstandings of identity which become part of the plot.
The handsome Adrian, who has the reputation of being a rake, chances to rescue Lydia from an importunate journalist. Overcome with emotion at receiving kindness from someone for the first time since her husband's death, Lydia seduces him.
Aghast at her own behaviour, she refuses his offers of help and begs him not to call again, and the disappointed Adrian seeks consolation abroad. But then Lydia finds that she is pregnant. Is it her late husband's child - or Adrian's ?
Ridiculous froth and nonsense in the regency tradition, but quite entertaining. Like most modern "regency romances" this is not remotely in the same league as Georgette Heyer, let alone Jane Austen, but it is an amusing way to relax for a couple of hours.
This is the fourth in a loose series of novels by Diane Gaston, which run as follows:
1) "The Mysterious Miss M (Mills & Boon Historical)" was the first book written, though not the first published: the subject matter is darker than normal for the genre, it is a "marmite book" which some people will like and others hate, and the author did not find a publisher for it until it won a prize. This is bundled with certain editions of "The Vanishing Viscountess" (particularly the Mills & Boon 100th birthday edition) as an extra story.
2) "Innocence & Impropriety" which has also been published as part of "Regency Improprieties (Regency Collection 2011)," tells the story of the private secretary who the Marquis of Tannerton uses as a go-between in negotiations for a beautiful actress to become his mistress. Unbeknown to him, the actress concerned would prefer not to be any man's mistress and continues the negotiations only because she is smitten, not with the principal but the negotiator ...
3) The third book, "The Vanishing Viscountess" takes place just after the conclusion of "Innocence and Impropriety" and at the start of that book Tanner is musing on the outcome of the events of that story.
4) As explained above, this book, "Scandalising the Ton (Historical Romance)" is the sequel to "The Vanishing Viscountess."
As this book starts, in November 1818, Tanner has proved that "The Vanishing Viscountess" was innocent of the murder of which she was accused, but the widow of the real murderer is being unjustly assumed by society to have been implicated in his crimes; she has been ostracised by the "Ton," as High Society was known, and is beseiged by creditors and jounalists. Adrian Pomroy has just become entitled to use the courtesy title of Viscount Cavanley as his father has inherited that of Earl of Varcourt - a recent change of name which allows some for some amusing misunderstandings of identity which become part of the plot.
The handsome Adrian, who has the reputation of being a rake, chances to rescue Lydia from an importunate journalist. Overcome with emotion at receiving kindness from someone for the first time since her husband's death, Lydia seduces him.
Aghast at her own behaviour, she refuses his offers of help and begs him not to call again, and the disappointed Adrian seeks consolation abroad. But then Lydia finds that she is pregnant. Is it her late husband's child - or Adrian's ?
Ridiculous froth and nonsense in the regency tradition, but quite entertaining. Like most modern "regency romances" this is not remotely in the same league as Georgette Heyer, let alone Jane Austen, but it is an amusing way to relax for a couple of hours.
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