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Some Like to Shock
384 pages
A quick, sizzling carriage ride into scandal where a guarded widow learns how much fun it is to be bad.
What it feels like
This brisk, sizzling historical novella feels like a delicious indulgence, stripping away the stifling rules of the Ton in favor of pure, unadulterated temptation. The atmosphere is thick with intimate tension and the thrill of the forbidden, as a guarded widow and a notoriously dangerous rake share a confined carriage and a battle of wits. The prose is snappy and dialogue-heavy, prioritizing sensual banter and dramatic emotional beats over dense historical world-building. It reads with a playful, slightly melodramatic tone that perfectly captures the giddy rush of a woman finally claiming her own desires after years of repression. It is a perfect, bite-sized treat for readers who devour steamy, trope-tastic romances where breaking the rules is the ultimate romantic gesture.
- Mood
- scandalous
- intimate
- sizzling
- Tone
- playful
- sensual
- dramatic
- wry
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- sexual awakening · defying convention · healing from a bad marriage · the allure of the forbidden
- The writing
- Accessible and dialogue-driven, leaning heavily into the dramatic tension and sensual banter characteristic of classic category romance.
- The arc
- Moves from guarded apprehension and repressed longing to a joyful, liberated embrace of passion and scandal.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love a quick, steamy historical romp where a repressed widow finally gets to break all the rules with a notorious rake.
Content notes
- past emotional abuse
- explicit sexual content
About the book
'SURELY A LADY AS...DARING AS YOU CANNOT BE FEELING NERVOUS AT THE IDEA OF TRAVELLING ALONE WITH ME, GENEVIEVE...?' Genevieve Forster, 25 year old widowed Duchess of Woollerton, knows only too well the need for bravado. After a miserable 6 year marriage she's wary, but deep down yearns to pursue temptation... With his air of danger and elusiveness it's little wonder that Lord Benedict Lucas, 31, is known to his close friends and enemies alike simply as Lucifer. Shocking the straitlaced Ton holds no fear for him. And the pleasure will be all his as he skillfully uncovers Genevieve's outrageous side! Daring Duchesses They'll scandalize the Ton.
Daring Duchesses Series: Book 0.5: Some Like to Shock Book 1: Some Like It Wicked Book 2: Some Like It Scandalous
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