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Lord of Scandal
384 pages
A glittering historical romance where a desperate heiress gambles her future on a notorious fortune hunter.
What it feels like
Lord of Scandal offers a brisk, seductive plunge into the glittering and treacherous waters of high society. The mood is thick with passionate tension and the suffocating weight of societal duty, capturing the feeling of being trapped in a gilded cage. The narrative thrives on the dramatic contrast between a notorious, scandalous facade and the hidden depths of its characters. Readers are swept along an emotional arc that moves from desperate entrapment to the thrilling, dangerous gamble of trusting a reputed devil. Written with an alluring focus on forbidden attraction and reputation, this romance will delight readers who crave stories of desperate heiresses, seductive fortune hunters, and the intoxicating thrill of choosing scandal over a loveless duty.
- Mood
- glittering
- passionate
- tense
- Tone
- seductive
- dramatic
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- gilded cages · hidden depths · scandal and reputation · forbidden attraction
- The writing
- Dramatic and alluring, focusing on the glittering facades of high society and the intense desires hidden beneath.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate entrapment and scandalous temptation to passionate rescue and the discovery of true character.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love historical romances featuring notorious rakes, trapped heiresses, and the tension between societal duty and scandalous desire.
Content notes
- arranged marriage
- societal pressure
About the book
Scandalous and seductive, Hawksmoor is a notorious fortune hunter. A man women want to bed—and men want to do away with. Now he has tasted the woman of his dreams, Catherine Fenton, and he will do anything to make her his.Though heiress to eighty thousand pounds, Catherine is trapped in a gilded cage, and duty bound to a man she detests. The ton has woven a fantasy around Ben, Lord Hawksmoor, that any woman would find hard to resist, but she senses there is more to the man behind the glittering facade.She believes he can rescue her—but has she found her hero, or made a pact with the devil himself...?
Description from Open Library.
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