Love and Other Scandals

by Caroline Linden

Overview

With Love and Other Scandals, bestselling and RITA Award–winning author Caroline Linden launches a scandalously sexy new historical romance series set in Regency England.
 
Joan Bennett is a breath away from being a spinster. She’s had four seasons without a suitor. After reading a shockingly sensuous book, Fifty Ways to Sin, Joan decides perhaps it’s time to stop being proper and start being sinful, while she’s still young enough to enjoy it. And what better partner than her brother’s drinking mate, Viscount Burke? He seems the type to know how to give a lady a lascivious adventure.
 
It seems that the viscount has qualms about trifling with a friend’s sister. That’s the way to end up betrothed. And he doesn’t want that—or does he?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062244888
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/30/2013
Series:	Scandal
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	337,462
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Caroline Linden knew from an early age she was a reader, not a writer. She earned a math degree from Harvard University and wrote computer code before turning to fiction. Her books have won the Daphne du Maurier Award, the NJRW Golden Leaf Award, and RWA’s RITA® Award, and have been translated into seventeen languages around the world. She lives in New England with her family. Find her online at www.CarolineLinden.com.

Editorial Reviews

Joan Bennet is a respectable young lady worried that she’ll never find a husband. She’s also addicted to a not-so-respectable publication called 50 Ways To Sin. When her brother’s cheerfully disreputable friend Tristan Burke becomes his houseguest, Tristan and Joan strike up a flirtation that neither of them expects to go anywhere. Of course, that’s before her parents have to leave town and her scandalous Aunt Evangeline comes to “chaperone.” Linden somehow makes the Regency romance feel new again with this warm, likeable novel. With less chaperoning, Joan and Tristan become closer, letting attraction take its course. The obstacles to their love are simple but real: curvy Joan doesn’t know how to love her body or dress to flatter it, and Tristan’s unhappy family life gives him good reasons to fear marriage. Yet the simplicity of Linden’s plot is its strength, making the romance feel real and natural and allowing her great skill at characterization to take the weight of the story. Joan and Tristan genuinely enjoy each other, and their chemistry is sparkling. A quiet gem. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

[T]he simplicity of Linden’s plot is its strength, making the romance feel real and natural and allowing her great skill at characterization to take the weight of the story. Joan and Tristan genuinely enjoy each other, and their chemistry is sparkling. A quiet gem.” — Publishers Weekly on LOVE AND OTHER SCANDALS

From the Publisher

Narrator Veida Dehmlow’s elegant performance is well matched to this historical romance. When spinster Joan Bennet catches the eye of notorious rake Tristan Burke, the result is a passionate courtship. Joan’s unconventional Aunt Evangeline arrives just in time to encourage Joan’s tentative attempts to win Tristan’s declaration of love. Dehmlow’s proper-sounding voice evokes the strict codes of nineteenth-century British high society while her warm tones reflect the growing intimacy between Joan and Tristan. In addition, Dehmlow’s steady, deliberate pacing enhances the slow buildup of the story as well as Joan’s delicious romantic fantasies. Exquisite moments and a perfect communion of Linden’s lovers await listeners. C.A. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2014 - AudioFile