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Some Like It Scandalous

Some Like It Scandalous, June 2019
Gilded Age Girls Club
by Maya Rodale

Avon
Featuring: Theodore Prescott; Daisy Swann
384 pages
ISBN: 0062838830
EAN: 9780062838834
Kindle: B07F1B9WJK
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
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"Brains vs. Beauty in the Gilded Age!"

Fresh Fiction Review

Some Like It Scandalous
Maya Rodale

Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel
Posted July 18, 2019

Romance Historical

Daisy Swan can’t wait until she finishes school and becomes officially too old to marry; she’s quite looking forward to the life of a spinster. Unfortunately, her mother has other ideas and wants her to save the family’s reputation by marrying Theodore Prescott the Third, Daisy’s nemesis. The only reason Daisy agrees to this plan is to appease her mother since the scandal of their family is imminent and because she makes Theo agree that it’s a fake engagement. Together, they agree, they will never go through with it. The papers soak up every bit of gossip about the couple they can, so Daisy and Theo are thrown together quite often. Before long, Daisy tells Theo of her plans. She wants to open a shop and sell the cosmetics she’s created. She is the brains behind the creations, but Theo has hidden talents that allow him to help her. Together they make a good match. Daisy’s even willing to admit that he’s more than just a handsome face. His kisses aren’t bad either. But when push comes to shove, will she actually walk down the aisle with him?

SOME LIKE IT SCANDALOUS is the second book in Maya Rodale’s Gilded Age Girls Club series. Some characters from the previous book, Duchess by Design, appear including the ladies club. The banter between Daisy and Theo makes the book. He’s wronged her and she’s not willing to let him forget it. Her entire life changed because of one comment from a boy. Daisy’s always known she wasn’t beautiful, but she trained herself not to care what society says about her. She has a plan for her future, a plan that involves brains and not beauty. Theo has always disappointed this father, but he’s not without some talents. He’s stunned to learn that he and Daisy make a good team, but he’s flabbergasted when he catches himself becoming attracted to her. A wonderful feminist romance with a brainy heroine with a sharp tongue and a handsome rogue with a hidden heart. Book 3 can’t come soon enough!

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SUMMARY

They are sworn enemies…

Theodore Prescott the Third, one of Manhattan's Rogues of Millionaire Row, has really done it this time. The only way to survive his most recent, unspeakably outrageous scandal is marry someone respectable. Someone sensible. Someone like Daisy Swann. Of all the girls in Gilded Age Manhattan, it had to be her.

Pretending to be lovers...

Daisy Swann has plans and they do not involve a loveless marriage with anyone. But when a devastating family secret threatens to destroy her standing in society, suddenly a fake engagement with Theo is just the thing to make all her dreams come true.

And now it's time to kiss and make up…

Daisy Swann aspires to sell cosmetics that she has created, but this brainy scientist needs a smooth talking charmer's flair for words and eye for beauty to make it a success. Before long, Daisy and Theo are trading kisses. And secrets. And discovering that despite appearances, they might be the perfect couple after all.


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