The Scoundrel and the Socialite
A Steamy Regency Historical Romance (The Somerton Scandals)
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Naomi Rose-Mock
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Ava Devlin
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A skilled socialite
Gloriana Blakely has finally gone too far. To the distress of her parents, this exquisitely beautiful debutante refuses to settle for anything less than the life - and the husband - she deserves. As punishment for her latest defiance, she is banished to her cousin's estate in Yorkshire for the autumn, where Society is barren and her childhood nemesis is close at hand.
A seductive scoundrel
Rakish and handsome, Lord Alex Somers has finally completed his studies at Oxford, prolonged by a healthy amount of philandering and mischief. Unfortunately, he is now faced with the dire task of having to actually do something with his life. He returns to his family estate to ponder his future, only to discover a beautiful guest has arrived, and taken it upon herself to throw a lavish country party in his honor!
Secrets, spies, and seductions
Alex and Gloriana can't seem to avoid butting heads, with the tension between them increasing by the day. As the festivities begin, the two find themselves unwittingly pulled into a dangerous dance among the distinguished and powerful guests within the walls of Somerton. A deadly game of cat and mouse is overshadowed only by the building desire between the unlikely pair, as the scandalous secret weaves a web of seduction around them both.
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Lord Nathaniel Harte, the disagreeable duke of Beswick, spends his days smashing porcelain, antagonizing his servants, and snarling at anyone who gets too close. With a ruined face like his, it's hard to like much about the world - especially smart-mouthed harpies (with lips better suited to kissing than speaking) who brave his castle with indecent proposals. But Lady Astrid Everleigh will stop at nothing to see her younger sister safe from a notorious scoundrel, even if it means offering herself up on a silver platter to the forbidding Beast of Beswick himself.
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An obnoxious beast
- By LZD on 03-08-23
By: Amalie Howard
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Mistletoe Christmas
- An Anthology
- By: Eloisa James, Christi Caldwell, Janna MacGregor, and others
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
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The Duke of Greystoke’s Christmas Revelry is famous throughout the British Isles for its plays, dancing, magical grotto...not to mention scandals leading to the marriage licenses he hands out like confetti. But not everyone welcomes a visit from Cupid.
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Too much relationship drama
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 12-18-22
By: Eloisa James, and others
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Mine Till Midnight
- By: Lisa Kleypas
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Miss Amelia Hathaway, a beautiful and strong-willed spinster, has looked after her unruly younger siblings ever since the death of her parents. Romance is the last thing on her mind. But when reckless brother inherits a title, the Hathaways are flung into the unfamiliar world of the English peerage. And Amelia, who’s always refused to lean on anyone’s shoulder, finds herself turning to a sexy, dark-haired stranger for help.
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It’s a No for me.
- By Kathleen H. on 06-25-20
By: Lisa Kleypas
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Goddess of the Hunt
- Wanton Dairymaid, Book 1
- By: Tessa Dare
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Baker
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Lucy Waltham is hunting for a husband, but she needs some target practice. She turns to her brother's cold-as-ice best friend, Jeremy Trescott, the earl of Kendall, to test her seductive wiles on him before setting her sights on another man. But her practice kisses spark a smoldering passion - one that could send all her plans up in smoke.
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GREAT til Ch. 26 (Warning & Reason for 3 Stars!)
- By A. American Woman on 09-17-22
By: Tessa Dare
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The Trouble with Honor
- By: Julia London
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Desperate times call for daring measures as Honor Cabot, the eldest stepdaughter of the wealthy Earl of Beckington, awaits her family's ruin. Upon the earl's death she and her sisters stand to lose the luxury of their grand home - and their place on the pedestal of society - to their stepbrother and his social-climbing fiancée. Forced to act quickly, Honor makes a devil's bargain with the only rogue in London who can seduce her stepbrother's fiancée out of the Cabots' lives for good.
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What happened??
- By AmazonCustomer on 09-30-14
By: Julia London
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West End Earl
- By: Bethany Bennett
- Narrated by: Harriet Fraser
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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While most young ladies attend balls and hunt for husbands, Ophelia Hardwick has spent the last 10 years masquerading as a man. As the land steward for the Earl of Carlyle, she’s found safety from the uncle determined to kill her and freedoms a lady could only dream of. Ophelia’s situation would be perfect - if only she wasn’t hopelessly attracted to her employer.
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Wow!
- By 🌿🌸Susynne🌸🌿 on 04-27-23
By: Bethany Bennett
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This Earl of Mine
- Bow Street Bachelors, Book 1
- By: Kate Bateman
- Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Shipping heiress Georgiana Caversteed is done with men who covet her purse more than her person. Even worse than the ton’s lecherous fortune hunters, however, is the cruel cousin determined to force Georgie into marriage. If only she could find a way to be...widowed? Georgie hatches a madcap scheme to wed a condemned criminal before he’s set to be executed. All she has to do is find an eligible bachelor in prison to marry her, and she’ll be free.
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Not Sexy!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-30-20
By: Kate Bateman
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That Scandalous Evening
- The Governess Brides, Book 1
- By: Christina Dodd
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd spins the captivating tale of a nobleman whose path crosses again with the one woman he absolutely cannot resist....
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Heroine's a pathetic doormat
- By karen on 03-26-21
By: Christina Dodd
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How to Love a Duke in Ten Days
- Devil You Know, Book 1
- By: Kerrigan Byrne
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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Famed and brilliant, Lady Alexandra Lane has always known how to look out for to herself. But nobody would ever expect that she has darkness in her past - one that she pays a blackmailer to keep buried. Now, with her family nearing bankruptcy, Alexandra strikes upon a solution: Get married to one of the empire’s most wealthy eligible bachelors. Even if he does have the reputation of a devil.
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Another Masterpiece from Ms Byrne and D. Perkins!
- By Jody in Minneapolis on 09-12-19
By: Kerrigan Byrne
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Any Rogue Will Do
- By: Bethany Bennett
- Narrated by: Harriet Fraser
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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For exactly one season, Lady Charlotte Wentworth played the biddable female the ton expected - and all it got her was society's mockery and derision. Now she's determined to be in charge of her own future. So when an unwanted suitor tries to manipulate her into an engagement, she has a plan. He can't claim to be her fiancé if she's engaged to someone else. Even if it means asking for help from the last man she would ever marry.
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Sweet and steamy. Can’t wait for more.
- By smillerburg on 10-30-20
By: Bethany Bennett
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Secrets and Suitors
- By: Joanna Barker
- Narrated by: Luone Ingram
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Reluctantly returning to London for yet another Season, shy Nora Hamilton has nearly given up hope that she will ever find the love match she longs for. After all, the one man she does harbor feelings for - her closest friend, James - has made it perfectly clear he views her as just that: a friend. With James traveling half a world away and Nora’s father pressuring her to marry for wealth and status, Nora is forced to set aside her desire for love and accept the future she has always dreaded. Until James returns unexpectedly and Nora’s feelings once again rush unbearably close to the surface.
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Worth the Listen!
- By Lily on 06-30-20
By: Joanna Barker
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My Fake Rake
- The Union of the Rakes
- By: Eva Leigh
- Narrated by: Zara Hampton-Brown
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Lady Grace Wyatt is content as a wallflower, focusing on scientific pursuits rather than the complications of society matches. But when a handsome, celebrated naturalist returns from abroad, Grace wishes, for once, to be noticed. Her solution: to “build” the perfect man, who will court her publicly and help her catch his eye. Grace’s colleague, anthropologist Sebastian Holloway, is just the blank slate she requires. To further his own research on English society, Sebastian agrees to let Grace transform him from a bespectacled, bookish academic into a dashing - albeit fake - rake.
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Finally, an Eva Leigh book to love!
- By The Goph on 04-22-20
By: Eva Leigh
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- Brian
- 12-29-22
Phenomenal read. Compelling story with great characters. Easy 5 stars across the board
I thought I couldn’t like the series more after the first book in the series. But Ms. Ava Devlin was IN HER BAG writing this book. The characters and story are even more intricate and fleshed out. I didn’t even think that was possible after how good the first book was. The relationships, character traits and character development are so natural and in tune it felt like I was completely immersed, like I was a fly on the wall in watching Alex and Gloriana fall in love in real life. The humor, conversations and internal dialogs were all phenomenally thought out and executed. Such an easy to consume book. I recommend it to anyone that likes any form of steamy novel but also for those that just like a great story with compelling characters and great engaging dialog.
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- Nicole
- 11-05-21
this was an enjoyable story
Gloriana Blakely has turned down one too many suitors for her parents’ liking and now they’ve sent her off to spend some time with her cousin in remote Yorkshire. She’s decidedly less than thrilled at being banished from society and being forced to share the estate with her girlhood nemesis who is now her cousin’s sister-in-law.
Alex Somers has at last finished his Oxford degree, in much more time than it should have taken him, but now he must make a decision about what to do with his life. With nowhere else to go, he returns to his brother’s estate in Yorkshire to figure out his next move, only to discover that a lovely guest has entrenched herself in the family library and taken up his cause by planning an elaborate country house party to celebrate the completion of his studies.
Alex and Gloriana disagree at every turn, building a decidedly less than unfriendly tension between them. They find themselves thrown together at every turn, especially when they uncover a potentially treasonous plot unfolding during the party, and the two are brought together by a secret they’ve accidentally overheard, even as their mutual attraction begins to blossom into something more.
I was unsure about this one because I really couldn't stand Gloriana as a supporting character in the previous book and for a while at the beginning of this story, it seemed she still hadn’t matured. Thankfully, though she is still rather whimsical, this Gloriana at least demonstrates some growth and development. In fact, she and Alex both had some growing up to do and they seemed to be a good influence on each other as both demonstrated a good amount of development between the beginning and end of the book. I loved the house party setting here and I thought the tension between the two MCs was well-drawn. The mystery/spy element was a bit thin, but I think this twist sets the rest of the series up to be quite interesting, especially as secondary characters begin pairing off, and I’ll look forward to continuing.
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- Tdavid
- 10-28-21
Treat yourself and enjoy!!!
Book 2 of the series...I so enjoyed book 1 and this was a great follow up; as I enjoyed it also. A strong heroine who is not at all shy and a rake hell who I just had to laugh at along the way. This book was so entertaining and the characters were just wonderful and the storyline itself was strong and well rounded. With Ms. Devlin's witty/steamy/intriguing writing she is quickly becoming a favorite. Treat yourself and enjoy!!!
I was gifted this audible/book as an ARC and this is my voluntary and honest review.
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