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Scandal's Daughter
295 pages
A charming, traditional Regency romp where duty blossoms into genuine affection amidst high-society scandal.
What it feels like
Reading this traditional Regency romance feels like slipping into a perfectly tailored, familiar gown—it is comfortable, elegant, and thoroughly delightful. The narrative moves at a brisk, engaging pace, balancing the cozy warmth of a blossoming romance with the mild suspense of thwarting a greedy relative's schemes. The prose is classic and genteel, capturing the strict social mores of the era while allowing the characters' witty banter and earnest vulnerabilities to shine through. It is a story steeped in the comforting tropes of a marriage of convenience and a fiercely protective hero, offering a low-angst, highly satisfying emotional journey. Readers who devour the classic works of Georgette Heyer or early Mary Balogh will find themselves entirely at home in this charming tale of duty giving way to unexpected, wholehearted love.
- Mood
- cozy
- mildly suspenseful
- warm
- genteel
- Tone
- romantic
- earnest
- wry
- charming
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- duty versus desire · overcoming social stigma · finding belonging · unexpected affection · protective instincts
- The writing
- Classic and elegant, with a focus on witty dialogue and period-appropriate sensibilities.
- The arc
- Moves from the shock of unexpected obligation and social vulnerability to the warm security of mutual devotion.
- Who it's for
- Fans of traditional, low-angst Regency romances who love a marriage of convenience and a fiercely protective hero.
Content notes
- death of a parent
- family conflict
- class prejudice
About the book
Illegitimate Diantha Fraser considers herself fortunate to have found employment as a music teacher at a fashionable ladies' seminary. Her mundane routine is shattered when summoned to her father's deathbed. Shortly thereafter the Earl of Devonwych dies and much to her astonishment bequeaths Diantha a modest fortune with strings attached. She will lose most of her inheritance unless she marries his protege, Sebastian, Marquess of Ravistock.
Sebastian is equally jarred by the terms of his mentor's will. His lineage demands he look higher for a wife than Devonwych's by-blow. Yet he feels honor-bound to keep his promise to the earl, to protect Diantha from her half brother Basil's wrath.
Rising to the challenge, the marquess solemnly swears to foil all of Basil's greedy schemes. Yet, while preoccupied with playing her knight-errant, Sebastian somehow loses his heart to an equally smitten Diantha.
Description from Open Library.
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