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A Match Made in Scandal

A Match Made in Scandal, August 2005
by Melody Thomas

Avon
Featuring: Ryan Donnally; Rachel Bailey
384 pages
ISBN: 0060742313
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"Powerfully intense story with strong characters."

Fresh Fiction Review

A Match Made in Scandal
Melody Thomas

Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted August 7, 2005

Romance Historical

At the ripe old age of 29, Rachel Bailey plans to get her life in order. Her love life is abysmal and her work as an engineer is in jeopardy. Since society does not recognize women as engineers, she places figureheads as project leaders while she does the work. Rachel heads to London to state her case to work openly as an engineer to her boss, a man she loves and hates at the same time. It is now time to open her heart to him. For years, Rachel has suppressed her feminine side in order to survive in a man's world. The only time Rachel allowed her heart to rule, the relationship ended in tragedy.

Irishman Ryan Donnally ruthlessly leads a financial empire in London. Society tolerates him only because of his power and money, while they ignore his Irish roots. That will change when he marries into blue-blood aristocracy. The marriage will enhance his business and pave the way for his daughter in society. With his Irish heritage in the past, Ryan can conquer the business world. Ambition drives him to allay himself with people who shun his family. When his past walks back into his life, Ryan starts questioning his actions.

Rachel's reappearance in his life could not come at a worse time. Revisiting their mistakes can't resolve their differences or change the past. Rachel and Ryan must learn to compromise or risk losing everything.

A MATCH MADE IN SCANDAL portrays two strong-willed people searching for their identities, while trying to accept the love within their hearts. Once again, skillful writer Ms. Thomas gives readers an emotional story with a strong plot filled with complex characters in intense conflict.

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SUMMARY

An obsession that blooms into scandal

Since childhood, Ryan Donally adored Rachel Bailey, though the brilliant, beautiful lass saw him as just another rowdy boy. The years pulled them apart, carrying Rachel to a place of responsibility and respect few women of her time enjoyed ... while Ryan ascended to undreamed-of heights of wealth and success, and bound his heart to another.

Now fate has brought them together once again -- and Rachel sees not the boy she once spurned, but a breathtaking man she desires. Yet Ryan has moved on and is unwilling to forgive, and Rachel hides a secret shame that could destroy everything she has worked for. Then, in one moment of unrestrained passion, the walls between them tumble, and the price they must pay is a marriage neither can afford. But will a sensuous fire too-long resisted bring tragedy ... or will it forge a glorious and undying love?


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