Hunted down like game, the lovely Lady Wexin could hardly
venture out of her London residence without a member of the
newly emerging "Regency Paparazzi" trailing her for a
comment they could distort for their ever-growing scandal
loving readership.
And what a game is was! Gossip sells and who cares if the
story was stolen from another paper or if the implications
made and embellishments written are pure fabrications!
Since the wicked deeds and scandalous behaviour of her
husband had became known after his recent death, Lydia had
desperately tried to keep up pretensions to cover her
destitute situation. She had gone out alone in the dark
to sell her jewels in the market, so her staff could have
some food in the morning. She definitely did not want a
reporter to know about this secret.
While outwardly indulging in habits that rightly earned him
his bad reputation, Adrian Pomroy, Viscount Cavanley was
not a totally indecent man and he definitely would not
leave a lady on her own in the dark. After ensuring that
Samuel Reed from The New Observer had definitely gone, he
picked up the breathtakingly beautiful Lydia, who just fit
so right in his arms, and carried her right up to her
bedchamber.
Still in a bit of shock over her encounter with the
reporter and her hurt ankle, Lydia feels drained of her
normal strength and caution. She knows better than to have
a known rake with her, yet on this night, more than
anything, she yearns for the comfort and security of his
arms. Caught in this vulnerable moment, Lydia and Adrian
share a night they both want to remember and to forget.
But, when the legacy is a pregnancy, all the Ton are
titillated by the scandal and reporter Reed will use any
method, including courting Mary, Lydia's maid, to get the
story. Despite her attempts to throw people off the truth,
Aidan knows but he won't tell. Meanwhile, tiring of his own
frivolous life, he seeks to convince Lydia to let him care
for her, however, she adamantly refuses to get embroiled
with another potentially scandalous husband. With Lydia
afraid to trust in him, how can Adrian get her to admit his
paternity and lead her into a proper state of matrimony?
Marrying solid historical research with an imagination that
can bring the past to life with a sparkling modern twist,
Diane Gaston has written an absolutely wonderful Regency
romance that will resonant with her readers. Adrian is a
very likeable hero and just the right age to finally
realize what is important in life. Very effectively
interwoven in this tale of gaining trust is the romance
between Samuel and Mary and how he gets burned and redeemed
by his own actions. It would be scandalous for to you miss
out on this great read! Enjoy SCANDALIZING THE TON!
Lady Wexin, once the Ton's foremost beauty, has been
abandoned by her family and friends, and creditors hound
her. Her husband's scandalous death has left her
impoverished, and the gossip-mongering press is whipped
into a frenzy of speculation when it becomes clear the
widow is with child. Who is the father?
Only one man
knows: Adrian Pomroy, Viscount Cavanley. He has cultivated
the reputation of a rake, but in truth yearns for
something useful to do. Delicate beauty Lydia Wexin could
pose an intriguing-and stimulating-challenge?.
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