In A MOST SCANDALOUS PROPOSAL, author Ashlyn Macnamara delivers not just one love story, but two. The St. Claire sisters are practically on the shelf. For different reasons, they've both rejected all offers, and their parents are desperate to marry them off before they run out of money.
Julia and Sophia St. Claire aren't your typical Regency heroines. They're in their twenties, talk back to their parents, and turn away respectable suitors by the handfuls. Sophia is holding out for Mr. William Ludlowe, a rake who barely notices her. Julia claims she doesn't want to marry for love, and rejects any man who appears to have a tendre for her.
The girls' stories move along quickly, with Sophia being compromised and forced into a betrothal early on. Then Ludlowe makes his move -- for the "wrong" sister, pushing Julia to take rash action to avoid marriage to the man her sister loves. Macnamara spins a twisting tale that just keeps throwing obstacles at the sisters and the men who love them.
A MOST SCANDALOUS PROPOSAL is an entertaining and spicy read for anyone who enjoys historical romance in the early Regency period.
After watching her beloved sister, Sophia, pine over the
tonβs golden boy for years, Miss Julia St. Claire has
foresworn love and put herself firmly on the shelf.
Unfortunately, her social-climbing mother and debt-ridden
father have other ideas, and jump at the chance to marry
Julia off to the newly named Earl of Clivesden . . . the
man of Sophiaβs dreams.
Since resigning his cavalry commission, Benedict
Revelstoke has spent his time in London avoiding the
marriage mart. But when he discovers that the Earl of
Clivesden has his sights set on Julia, Benedict tries to
protect his childhood best friend from the manβs advancesβ
only to discover that more than friendship is driving his
desire to defend her. He surprises them both with the force
of his feelings, but when Julia refuses him, and her father
announces her betrothal, Benedict fears heβs lost her
foreverβuntil Julia approaches him with a shocking scheme
that will ruin her for all respectable society and lead
them into an exquisite world of forbidden pleasures.
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