love and other scandals by caroline linden

Joan and Tristan genuinely enjoy each other, and their chemistry is sparkling. ★ 'he simplicity of Linden's plot is its strength, making the romance feel real and natural and allowing her great skill at characterization to take the weight of the story. ☆ NJRW Golden Leaf award for Best Historical Romance of 2013įinalist for the RITA award for Best Historical Romance of 2013įinalist for the NEC-RWA Reader's Choice Beanpot award for Best Historical Romance of 2013Įarphones award winner from Audiofile magazine (audiobook edition) But more could lead to a betrothal, which he fears-or does he? Or the way he can only win an argument with her by kissing her senseless … even though that just makes him want her more.

Or what she might look like without those horrid clothes. If only he could stop thinking about her mouth. Even more, Joan's the last sort of woman he would ever choose: droll, sharp-witted, and always unfashionable dressed. Tristan Burke doesn't want a wife, and one can't trifle with a friend's sister without risking marriage. When she meets her brother's favorite drinking mate, Viscount Burke, it seems her hopes of adventure might be answered… She's had just about enough of being a respectable wallflower and is giving serious thought to embarking on a life of sin, or at least lascivious adventure like the ones described in a popular scandalous book. A quiet gem.Joan Bennet has endured four Seasons without a single suitor or serious flirtation, let alone a marriage proposal. Yet the simplicity of Linden's plot is its strength, making the romance feel real and natural and allowing her great skill at characterization to take the weight of the story. The obstacles to their love are simple but real: curvy Joan doesn't know how to love her body or dress to flatter it, and Tristan's unhappy family life gives him good reasons to fear marriage. With less chaperoning, Joan and Tristan become closer, letting attraction take its course. Of course, that's before her parents have to leave town and her scandalous Aunt Evangeline comes to 'chaperone.' Linden somehow makes the Regency romance feel new again with this warm, likeable novel. When her brother's cheerfully disreputable friend Tristan Burke becomes his houseguest, Tristan and Joan strike up a flirtation that neither of them expects to go anywhere.

She's also addicted to a not-so-respectable publication called 50 Ways To Sin. Joan Bennet is a respectable young lady worried that she'll never find a husband.

Love and other scandals by caroline linden