Self Published
Featuring: Frederica "Free" Marshall; Edward Clark
299 pages ISBN: 1937248313 EAN: 9781937248314 Kindle: B00LNIR6SW Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
When Edward and Free first meet, Free hands Edward her card
and tells him, "Well, Monsieur le Realist. Call on me if
you ever find yourself in need of an exclamation point. I
have an entire box of them." Well, I am borrowing some
exclamation points from Free to gush about how amazing this
book is!! I really don't have enough superlatives in my
vocabulary to convey how astoundingly wonderful THE
SUFFRAGETTE SCANDAL is.
Miss Fredonia "Free" Marshall is a suffragette, and runs
her own newspaper "by women, about women, and for women."
She is being harassed by James Delacey, a misogynistic
brute of a near-peer who propositioned her to be his
mistress. When she turned him down, he vows to ruin her.
Edward Clark, a rogue of the first order, is James
Delacey's brother in disguise. Edward's family forced him
to Europe and abandoned him there at the cusp of war. They
denounced him and he was forced to scrabble for his life,
ending up as a con man and being up tortured along the
way. He returns to England and wants to thwart his evil
brother, so he aligns himself with Free.
Neither of these strong characters has any intention of
becoming romantically involved. Edward believes himself to
be a complete scoundrel, although underneath he his rather
floating moral compass he does hold straight for those he
counts as true friends. He tells Free "I have no moral
sense to speak of, I lie, I cheat, I steal, and I'll
probably drive you away screaming within the week. But if
you marry me, I'll only do those things on your behalf."
Free is a staunch suffragette, but such a realist too. Her
speech about thimbles and bailing the Thames is deeply
moving.
This book felt true to its Victorian time, but resonated so
strongly with me about women's trials still ongoing
today.
THE SUFFRAGETTE SCANDAL is book four in The Brothers
Sinister series. It can be read as a standalone novel.
Readers who have read prior
books in the series will love seeing previous characters
here, but this book stands solidly on its own lovely
attributes. The witty banter and sheer cleverness of the
characters was endlessly entertaining. I was captivated
with this beautiful story from start to finish. I
especially loved all the punctuation jokes in the story.
Miss Frederica "Free" Marshall has put her heart and soul
into her newspaper, known for its outspoken support of
women's rights. Naturally, her enemies are intent on
destroying her business and silencing her for good. Free
refuses to be at the end of her rope...but she needs more
rope, and she needs it now.
...a jaded scoundrel...
Edward Clark's aristocratic family abandoned him to die in a
war-torn land, so he survived the only way he could: by
becoming a rogue and a first-class forger. When the same
family that left him for dead vows to ruin Miss Marshall, he
offers his help. So what if he has to lie to her? She's only
a pawn to use in his revenge.
...and a scandal seven years in the making.
But the irrepressible Miss Marshall soon enchants Edward. By
the time he realizes that his cynical heart is hers, it's
too late. The only way to thwart her enemies is to reveal
his scandalous past...and once the woman he loves realizes
how much he's lied to her, he'll lose her forever.
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