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iskanderjonesiv's review
What kind of woman would marry a man she only just met?
The kind with nothing to lose.
Long ago, Evelyn Cross sacrificed her good name, her freedom, and any hope for love. Now, in the remote English countryside, she struggles to survive and avoid the scandal threatening to destroy all she holds dear . . . until a sinfully handsome viscount arrives on her doorstep, offering marriage, salvation, and tempting her with so much more . . .
What kind of man would marry a woman he only just met?
The kind bound by duty.
Fresh from war, Spencer Lockhart returns home to claim his title and right the wrong his cousin perpetrated upon Evelyn Cross. In need of a wife, his marrying her is a small price to pay for duty. But when he meets her, the fiery chit is not what he expects to find in a ruined lady. As desire flares hotly between them, honor is the last thing on his mind . . .
What kind of man and woman would marry when they've only just met?
The kind who could ignite a scandal with just one touch
irispj's review
2.0
Aburrido.
La premisa pintaba bien, pero la autora eligió quedarse en lo superficial y desaprovechó cosas interesantes. Todos tenemos claro que estas novelas acaban con final feliz, por eso me gustan, pero eso no significa que no puedan sorprendernos un poco en lugar de seguir el camino de todas las novelas del género. Es muy claro el momento en que se destapará el pastel y que todo se arreglará, no hay ni un atisbo de tensión. Lástima.
La premisa pintaba bien, pero la autora eligió quedarse en lo superficial y desaprovechó cosas interesantes. Todos tenemos claro que estas novelas acaban con final feliz, por eso me gustan, pero eso no significa que no puedan sorprendernos un poco en lugar de seguir el camino de todas las novelas del género. Es muy claro el momento en que se destapará el pastel y que todo se arreglará, no hay ni un atisbo de tensión. Lástima.
gypsybaby75's review
3.0
In Scandal They Wed, the second in Sophie Jordan’s Penwich girl’s series finds Evelyn Cross with a baby to raise that is not her own. Indeed, the baby boy is her sister’s bastard child and to avoid any kind of scandal directed at her beloved sister or her unloving parents, she decides to take the child and raise him as her own. Life is as normal as could be until Spencer Lockhart shows up into her life claiming to heed his cousin’s dying wish that he would look after his paramour and their love child. But little does Spencer know that his cousin Ian’s love interest Linnie has died, never having fully recovered from her son’s birth leaving Evelyn to masquerade as her dead sister in order to raise Nicholas in solitude and normalcy.
But the years are increasing and Evelyn finds that Nicholas needs a father figure and so she has agreed to marry the local doctor who is nice and kind, but does not excite her. Not in the way Spencer’s unexpected arrival does.
Spencer Lockhart is newly the Viscount Lockhart, having his two oldest brothers die tragically. He is fresh off the war in Crimea and though right or wrong he feels he needs to carry out his cousin’s last dying wish, but he is pleasantly bowled over by the passion he feels towards who he thinks is Linnie, his cousin’s lover. Torn between an irrational jealousy towards his dead cousin and his consuming fondness towards Evelyn, Spencer is beset with jealousy over that fact that Ian had been the first to touch her intimately. But even that foolish notion pales in the face of their steadfast and heedless passion for each other. But can Evelyn with the help of the town’s mistress keep Spencer from finding out the truth? That she is not Linnie, the girl he thought he was marrying and actually her timid sister Evelyn?
In Scandal They Wed is a heartwarming and endearing read. The passion Evelyn and Spencer feel for each other is what kept me going until the very last page. 5 stars
But the years are increasing and Evelyn finds that Nicholas needs a father figure and so she has agreed to marry the local doctor who is nice and kind, but does not excite her. Not in the way Spencer’s unexpected arrival does.
Spencer Lockhart is newly the Viscount Lockhart, having his two oldest brothers die tragically. He is fresh off the war in Crimea and though right or wrong he feels he needs to carry out his cousin’s last dying wish, but he is pleasantly bowled over by the passion he feels towards who he thinks is Linnie, his cousin’s lover. Torn between an irrational jealousy towards his dead cousin and his consuming fondness towards Evelyn, Spencer is beset with jealousy over that fact that Ian had been the first to touch her intimately. But even that foolish notion pales in the face of their steadfast and heedless passion for each other. But can Evelyn with the help of the town’s mistress keep Spencer from finding out the truth? That she is not Linnie, the girl he thought he was marrying and actually her timid sister Evelyn?
In Scandal They Wed is a heartwarming and endearing read. The passion Evelyn and Spencer feel for each other is what kept me going until the very last page. 5 stars
ravensherwood's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
myendlessshelf's review
5.0
I love Sophie Jordan. Her books grip you from the first page, you fall in love with the characters, your heart breaks with them and you keep hoping that things will work out.
This series started with a fantastic story and I'm really glad that the second was just as good.
I love being transported back in time and Sophie makes it seem effortless. You get swept away in the romance and the customs, making it that much harder to stop reading and come back to reality.
Definitely one of my favourite authors.
This series started with a fantastic story and I'm really glad that the second was just as good.
I love being transported back in time and Sophie makes it seem effortless. You get swept away in the romance and the customs, making it that much harder to stop reading and come back to reality.
Definitely one of my favourite authors.
kstep1805's review
3.0
I didn’t love this book, it was entertaining but not as good as her later books.
hspindlew's review
2.75
I reached about halfway before I had to stop and check the publishing date of this. If forced, I would have guessed 2000, at the latest. Let's just say colour me surprised when it was published in 20goddamn10!
At times I tire of the 'niceness' of many of the leads in historical romances published recently - there seems to be an aversion to anything but squeaky clean behaviour which makes for uninteresting tales.
But I would take those paragons every day over sex scenes that frankly veered too often to the ick factor, particularly with how she was molested and nearly raped. I've read other novels where one or both is fighting the attraction but the sheer number of times she tries to pull away, struggles, says no outright and even within her own head is not describing these experiences as pleasurable...idk. The actual sex scene was fine but the scenes leading up to it...Well lets just say if you had seen my face while reading you would think I had just smelled something bad.
but I suppose they are both stubborn idiots so I guess they deserve each other?
At times I tire of the 'niceness' of many of the leads in historical romances published recently - there seems to be an aversion to anything but squeaky clean behaviour which makes for uninteresting tales.
but I suppose they are both stubborn idiots so I guess they deserve each other?
loverofromance's review
3.0
Every time I get a chance to read from Sophie Jordan I find myself in for one hell of a ride of a story. I always know that it will be easy to read and I will be thoroughly entertained. Even though I enjoyed this one, there was just something I felt was missing. It was very easy and a quick read, which is the norm for Jordan's book. But I felt like there wasn't much of a "romance", I wish there had been a bit more development between the couple. The end seemed a bit rushed, however I would slightly recommend this, just it wouldn't be at the top of my list of favorites of this author.
Evie is one of the three girls where they formed a friendship at the Penwhich school for girls, which was misery in and of itself. Her father sent her there when she was a girl. Now after returning from Barbados, where she was almost attacked and raped, she knows that she will have to sacrifice everything for her sister, who is the only one in her family that loves her. When her sister Linnie gives birth to a son, with the father a soldier and serving elsewhere, she is about to lose her child. So Evie claims the child as her own, and is to be taken to the countryside and will claim to be a widow. Four years have passed since, and Nicholas, she considers to be her own, especially since Linnie died shortly after giving birth. Then she meets Spencer Lockhart, who claims to be the cousin of Nicholas' father and Linnie's lover. AT first she is resistant to him, but when he proposes marriage and a life of security and opportunity for her son, she is more than willing. At first she is afraid of his reaction to the truth, but the lie starts to eat away at her, and when her feelings for him start to slowly change into love, she knows she must tell him everything. But she wonders when the truth comes out will he still care about her, or will she lost him completely?
Spencer has retired from the army, since his brothers death, he knows it is up to him to take responsibility to the title that rests on his shoulders. He is still grieving for his cousin who was his close friend, and has dreamed for years of "Linnie". Spencer is a bit arrogant, very sexual, and I had a hard time liking him for most of the book, until the end, he started to become a bit likable. So he was not my favorite, especially in his treatment of Evie, who I think has a heart of gold. Evie, has sacrificed everything for her family, and they still treat her like dirt. Spencer isn't much different, its all about sex for him, whereas Evie wishes for something more in their relationship. I loved how strong willed she is, and doesn't back down and demands respect for herself...I love seeing her develop some good backbone especially to her parents in the end. (they totally deserved it). I found something lacking in their relationship.
Overall this was my least favorite of Sophie Jordan so far. I was very surprised that I didn't like it more. I found it to be a bit brutal for Jordan's style. I didn't really like it all that much, there were some good factors involved, but I felt like there was some substance missing from it. I felt like there could have been more development in their relationship, and I didn't see how they went from sex and hating each other, to madly in love. It just didn't fit for me completely. Disappointed, but plan on reading more from this author, since I know I have just loved her other books.
Evie is one of the three girls where they formed a friendship at the Penwhich school for girls, which was misery in and of itself. Her father sent her there when she was a girl. Now after returning from Barbados, where she was almost attacked and raped, she knows that she will have to sacrifice everything for her sister, who is the only one in her family that loves her. When her sister Linnie gives birth to a son, with the father a soldier and serving elsewhere, she is about to lose her child. So Evie claims the child as her own, and is to be taken to the countryside and will claim to be a widow. Four years have passed since, and Nicholas, she considers to be her own, especially since Linnie died shortly after giving birth. Then she meets Spencer Lockhart, who claims to be the cousin of Nicholas' father and Linnie's lover. AT first she is resistant to him, but when he proposes marriage and a life of security and opportunity for her son, she is more than willing. At first she is afraid of his reaction to the truth, but the lie starts to eat away at her, and when her feelings for him start to slowly change into love, she knows she must tell him everything. But she wonders when the truth comes out will he still care about her, or will she lost him completely?
Spencer has retired from the army, since his brothers death, he knows it is up to him to take responsibility to the title that rests on his shoulders. He is still grieving for his cousin who was his close friend, and has dreamed for years of "Linnie". Spencer is a bit arrogant, very sexual, and I had a hard time liking him for most of the book, until the end, he started to become a bit likable. So he was not my favorite, especially in his treatment of Evie, who I think has a heart of gold. Evie, has sacrificed everything for her family, and they still treat her like dirt. Spencer isn't much different, its all about sex for him, whereas Evie wishes for something more in their relationship. I loved how strong willed she is, and doesn't back down and demands respect for herself...I love seeing her develop some good backbone especially to her parents in the end. (they totally deserved it). I found something lacking in their relationship.
Overall this was my least favorite of Sophie Jordan so far. I was very surprised that I didn't like it more. I found it to be a bit brutal for Jordan's style. I didn't really like it all that much, there were some good factors involved, but I felt like there was some substance missing from it. I felt like there could have been more development in their relationship, and I didn't see how they went from sex and hating each other, to madly in love. It just didn't fit for me completely. Disappointed, but plan on reading more from this author, since I know I have just loved her other books.
amyiw's review
4.0
Good historical romance. Enjoyed it greatly. Maybe a little too much worry about truths on the heroine's part and when to tell but understandable in my view. She had been hiding things, for good reason, for a long time.