Scandal 
asked by macfan on November 20, 2006 12:18 PM
From a stately country house in Hampshire to the dazzling drawing rooms of London Society, comes an exquisite tale of an elfin beauty, a vengeful lord, and a sweet love that is sheer poetry.
With her reputation forever tarnished by a youthful indiscretion, lovely Emily Faringdon is resigned to a life of spinsterhood, until she embarks on an unusual correspondence and finds herself falling head over heals in love. Sensitive, intelligent, and high-minded, her noble pen-pal seems to embody everything Emily has ever dreamed of in a man. But the mysterious Earl of Blade is not at all what he seems.
Driven by dark, smoldering passions and a tragic secret buried deep within his soul, Blade has all of London cowering at his feet, but not Emily... never Emily. For even as she surrenders to his seductive charms, she knows the real reason for his amorous wit. And she knows that she must reach the heart of his golden-eyed dragon before the avenging demons of their entwined pasts destroy the only love she has ever known...
With her reputation forever tarnished by a youthful indiscretion, lovely Emily Faringdon is resigned to a life of spinsterhood, until she embarks on an unusual correspondence and finds herself falling head over heals in love. Sensitive, intelligent, and high-minded, her noble pen-pal seems to embody everything Emily has ever dreamed of in a man. But the mysterious Earl of Blade is not at all what he seems.
Driven by dark, smoldering passions and a tragic secret buried deep within his soul, Blade has all of London cowering at his feet, but not Emily... never Emily. For even as she surrenders to his seductive charms, she knows the real reason for his amorous wit. And she knows that she must reach the heart of his golden-eyed dragon before the avenging demons of their entwined pasts destroy the only love she has ever known...
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I really enjoyed this one. I laughed out loud throughout. There were quite a few twist and turns that I did not expect. My niece recommended it and I in turn told my sister. We all had a mini book review and laughed about our favorite parts. I will definitely read this one over and over again. Simon became a likeable character slowly thanks to Emily. She was always one step ahead of him.
reviewed by papi on November 28, 2006 7:17 AM
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I actually really enjoyed this book - I don't really understand why because Emily's naive to the point of idiocy and Simon can be an immature idiot. I liked how passionate they were with each other, but really, Simon is a rather sexist, domineering jerk. Of all of her single-monomer books, I think this one is the most severe. All of the other heroes in Amanda Quick's books usually lighten up or something, but Simon is Broody McSulky pretty much the whole way through and I think that Emily is rather sweet, but kind of brainlessly devoted to her husband. Usually I admire that kind of fidelity in a woman, but it kind of made me roll my eyes. Simon takes her love for granted and I think that's the single most annoying thing about the book. Yes, she may love you until the world ends, but you shouldn't treat her love like it's an expected thing without giving anything back for it for so long. I'd rate it behind Reckless, Dangerous and Ravished. Although, to be honest, even if it's not as good as the other three, at least it is much more original and doesn't involve a "eccentric, sassy and charmingly naive country-girl" loving a "brooding tortured lord"; in this case, the girl's just naive and the guy's just brooding. Buy if you see it at a rummage sale, otherwise, don't waste your money.
reviewed by nutshell on November 29, 2006 4:50 AM
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I usually enjoy Amanada Quick novels but this one had me wanting to strangle the hero Simon. He starts out as a charmer, true one calculating a just revenge, but then he turns into a downright boorish Alpha male. He seems more hellbent on destroying the heroine's spirit and affections than anything else. Everytime I thought he was growing, he came right back to a particularly demoralizing attempt to belittle Emily and lessen her importance.
Granted all that "higher plain" talk was pure poetic nonsense, but Emily is a decent heroine. Her stupidity comes in continualy forging this atrocious hero.
Unfortunately Simon never really turns around or seems to deserve his repentence at the end. Instead, we get the typical rushed Quick plot.
Granted all that "higher plain" talk was pure poetic nonsense, but Emily is a decent heroine. Her stupidity comes in continualy forging this atrocious hero.
Unfortunately Simon never really turns around or seems to deserve his repentence at the end. Instead, we get the typical rushed Quick plot.
reviewed by fabio on November 29, 2006 9:57 AM