The Lady Travelers Guide to Scoundrels and Other Gentlemen (Lady Travelers Society Series #1)

by Victoria Alexander

Overview

“Readers will savor every page.”—Publishers Weekly on The Lady Travelers Guide to Scoundrels and Other Gentlemen, STARRED review

“(an) exceptional start to the author's sparkling new Lady Travelers Society series”—Booklist

Embark on the breathtaking romantic adventures of The Lady Travelers Society in the brand-new series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander

Really, it's too much to expect any normal man to behave like a staid accountant in order to inherit the fortune he deserves to support the lifestyle of an earl. So when Derek Saunders's favorite elderly aunt and her ill-conceived—and possibly fraudulent—Lady Travelers Society loses one of their members, what's a man to do but step up to the challenge? Now he's escorting the world's most maddening woman to the world's most romantic city to find her missing relative.

While India Prendergast only suspects his organization defrauds gullible travelers, she's certain a man with as scandalous a reputation as Derek Saunders cannot be trusted any farther than the distance around his very broad shoulders. As she struggles not to be distracted by his wicked smile and the allure of Paris, instead of finding a lost lady traveler, India just may lose her head, her luggage and her heart.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780373803989
Publisher:	Harlequin
Publication date:	05/23/2017
Series:	Lady Travelers Society Series , #1
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

#1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander was an award-winning television reporter until she discovered writing. She’s written more than forty full-length novels and has been translated around the world. Victoria lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with a long-suffering husband she kills off in every book and two bearded collies. Check out her books at www.victoriaalexander.com, and chat with her on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/victoriaalexandersplace.

Editorial Reviews

★ 05/01/2017
Prolific historical romance author Alexander (The Daring Exploits of a Runaway Heiress) spins pure fun in the first full-length installment of her Victorian-era Lady Travelers Guide series. Stuffy, demanding spinster India Prendergast wants to stay at her secretarial position in England, but her beloved cousin Lady Heloise Snuggs has vanished in Paris, and India is determined to find her. The fraudulent Lady Travelers Society—run by the widow Lady Guinevere Blodgett and two of her friends—arranged Heloise’s trip, and they respond to her disappearance by sending Lady Blodgett’s grandnephew Derek Saunders, heir to the Earl of Danby, to help India search. Naturally, sparks fly between Derek and India as they solve the mystery. Alexander’s protagonists remain sharp while changing for the better by beginning to trust each other and admit their own fallibility. Her secondary characters, including the city of Paris at the turn of the 20th century, provide support and delightful eccentricity. Alexander celebrates the spirit of adventure, elevates dubious scheming with good intentions, and advocates for the yielding of judgment and practicality to hedonism and happiness. Readers will savor every page. (June)

Publishers Weekly

"Alexander celebrates the spirit of adventure, elevates dubious scheming with good intentions, and advocates for the yielding of judgement and practicality to hedonism and happiness. Readers will savor every page." –Publishers Weekly on The Lady Travelers Guide to Scoundrels and Other Gentlemen, STARRED review

"Readers will immediately find themselves thoroughly disarmed by Alexander's deliciously droll wit and flair for clever characterization, both of which are on full display in this exceptional start to the author's sparkling new Lady Travelers Society series" –Booklist

"Alexander has a marvelous ear for witty dialogue and creates winning characters." -Publishers Weekly

"For love, laughter, and lots of fun, read Victoria Alexander." -Stephanie Laurens, New York Times bestselling author

"Alexander is now the go-to author for historical romance readers in search of love and laughter." - Booklist

"Alexander is an original and so are her romances...Alexander fulfills readers' desires and then some." -RT Book Reviews

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