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A review by nicolet2018
Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal by Grace Burrowes
3.0
I finally get to the Windham sisters. The ladies are hardly mentioned even in their brothers books so I don't know much about them. They didn't seem real because they never appear and did not make an impact on me. I only picked up their books as I read the spin off series, The Trouble with Dukes and wanted to know the male characters better. So I skipped Sophie's book. But after reading about the male characters in The Lonely Lords and Windham Trilogy, I felt the ladies deserve their books.
But Maggie makes her first appearance in the The Duke and his Duchess and I wanted how she grows and changes from that little girl who was abused. Does she carry that trauma into her adult life?
How is it like growing up in a family who adopted you?
Well sure her father is biological but Esther is her stepmother. Is it awkward to grow up with half siblings?
And her hero is Benjamin Hazlit, the mysterious PI first seen in the Heir. I found that this novel like all the other novels written by Grace Burrowes following the same template: the heroine has a problem which she keeps a secret, the hero tries to find out what is it and solve it for her. She cannot marry him because of this problem. Yes, I got it. All the other characters had this issue. Gosh, this is tiring.
Maggie loves her family, is sensible and well read in finance. She was likeable and independent. But the stereotypical perfect woman: big breasts, big hips, small waist and luscious red hair. It makes made It sound so exotic like not other colour was as good. She has a secret wish to find love and start a family which at first made me think it was typically female but then I found that females can have different wishes in life.
I did not like Benjamin because he seems to manipulate the situation so Maggie would marry him and some of the intimate scenes did not sound right to me. He keep distracting her with lust. I know he repeatedly said that she pulled in out of the shadows but honestly, it did not seem that dramatic. I could not really see that change in him throughout the book. He was nice to Maggie when she keeps rejecting him but he stays by her side.
Yes, I know she is aroused but what he says sounds wrong.
"'I don't want...' she squirmed against him, her body seeking relief or greater arousal, she wasn't sure which.
'You do too, and God knows I want, as well' His hand on her knee where it rested above his hip. 'You'll let me do this, Maggie Windham, or I'll go mad. We'll both go mad.'"
Page 112, Chapter 5
"'I am going to look, Maggie, and I'm going to touch, and you're going to let me.'"
Page 129, Chapter 5
Her secret was obvious too and I had to follow along again while the author drags it out to make the story longer. I am not surprised that Cecily did not go away all those years ago.
I did like getting to know the other character more. Like Maggie's sisters and the conversation she has with Esther was so touching. It allows me to see Esther as a mother trying to support her daughter despite the drama. I hardly see scenes with Esther as a person. Most of the time, she is Her Grace and she is portrayed as this two dimensional character who flits in and out of the story.
This is an okay addition to the series. I would recommend it if you don't mind the same thing over and over again but with small changes.
But Maggie makes her first appearance in the The Duke and his Duchess and I wanted how she grows and changes from that little girl who was abused. Does she carry that trauma into her adult life?
How is it like growing up in a family who adopted you?
Well sure her father is biological but Esther is her stepmother. Is it awkward to grow up with half siblings?
And her hero is Benjamin Hazlit, the mysterious PI first seen in the Heir. I found that this novel like all the other novels written by Grace Burrowes following the same template: the heroine has a problem which she keeps a secret, the hero tries to find out what is it and solve it for her. She cannot marry him because of this problem. Yes, I got it. All the other characters had this issue. Gosh, this is tiring.
Maggie loves her family, is sensible and well read in finance. She was likeable and independent. But the stereotypical perfect woman: big breasts, big hips, small waist and luscious red hair. It makes made It sound so exotic like not other colour was as good. She has a secret wish to find love and start a family which at first made me think it was typically female but then I found that females can have different wishes in life.
I did not like Benjamin because he seems to manipulate the situation so Maggie would marry him and some of the intimate scenes did not sound right to me. He keep distracting her with lust. I know he repeatedly said that she pulled in out of the shadows but honestly, it did not seem that dramatic. I could not really see that change in him throughout the book. He was nice to Maggie when she keeps rejecting him but he stays by her side.
Yes, I know she is aroused but what he says sounds wrong.
"'I don't want...' she squirmed against him, her body seeking relief or greater arousal, she wasn't sure which.
'You do too, and God knows I want, as well' His hand on her knee where it rested above his hip. 'You'll let me do this, Maggie Windham, or I'll go mad. We'll both go mad.'"
Page 112, Chapter 5
"'I am going to look, Maggie, and I'm going to touch, and you're going to let me.'"
Page 129, Chapter 5
Her secret was obvious too and I had to follow along again while the author drags it out to make the story longer. I am not surprised that Cecily did not go away all those years ago.
I did like getting to know the other character more. Like Maggie's sisters and the conversation she has with Esther was so touching. It allows me to see Esther as a mother trying to support her daughter despite the drama. I hardly see scenes with Esther as a person. Most of the time, she is Her Grace and she is portrayed as this two dimensional character who flits in and out of the story.
This is an okay addition to the series. I would recommend it if you don't mind the same thing over and over again but with small changes.