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A review by obsidian_blue
A Lady's Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
Loved this! Full RTC.
Doing this as part of a buddy read, so going to wait for my fellow readers to catch up before I post a full review.
That said, I really need to read more of Meredith Duran's historical romance books. I loved this one and the other one I read last year too.
Full review: Loved every minute of this book. Duran really writes great historical romances with a heavy emphasis on the historical part of things. She doesn't just have women or men of the time get random notions about things when society in England was set the way it was. I loved how this played a lot into the class system at the time as well as the lack of women's rights. The love scenes didn't hurt either. I absolutely loved both Simon and Nell.
"A Lady's Lesson in Scandal" follows Nell Whitby who breaks into an Earl's home believing he may have assaulted her mother and left her pregnant with her. However, when Nell finds out that she's been stolen away by the woman she thought was her mother and is the rightful heir to a fortune, things for her turn on their head. The current Earl (Simon) proposes they marry. He has the title, but needs money, and she has plenty of it.
Most of the book follows as Nell gets her "lessons" in how to be a lady and falls for Simon and he starts to see a different side of society because of Nell.
Honestly, this was lovely. There's no big mystery going on. This isn't some bad undercover mystery that has been what I have been reading lately. It's just two people falling in love and driving each other up the wall. There is some side plot, but it's towards the end and it doesn't take away from the book at all.
Doing this as part of a buddy read, so going to wait for my fellow readers to catch up before I post a full review.
That said, I really need to read more of Meredith Duran's historical romance books. I loved this one and the other one I read last year too.
Full review: Loved every minute of this book. Duran really writes great historical romances with a heavy emphasis on the historical part of things. She doesn't just have women or men of the time get random notions about things when society in England was set the way it was. I loved how this played a lot into the class system at the time as well as the lack of women's rights. The love scenes didn't hurt either. I absolutely loved both Simon and Nell.
"A Lady's Lesson in Scandal" follows Nell Whitby who breaks into an Earl's home believing he may have assaulted her mother and left her pregnant with her. However, when Nell finds out that she's been stolen away by the woman she thought was her mother and is the rightful heir to a fortune, things for her turn on their head. The current Earl (Simon) proposes they marry. He has the title, but needs money, and she has plenty of it.
Most of the book follows as Nell gets her "lessons" in how to be a lady and falls for Simon and he starts to see a different side of society because of Nell.
Honestly, this was lovely. There's no big mystery going on. This isn't some bad undercover mystery that has been what I have been reading lately. It's just two people falling in love and driving each other up the wall. There is some side plot, but it's towards the end and it doesn't take away from the book at all.