Yearning for the touch of a passionate lover, she caves to her best friend’s nagging and goes to a club known for it’s darker pleasures. Her coloring and Spanish blood ensure that she always gets looked down at by the ladies of London’s ton. After a loveless marriage with a cold and calloused man that took every opportunity to put her down, she’s not a woman of confidence. Her step daughter and step son are fully grown.
Graciela, the Duchess of Autenberry, is a widow that’s tired of having no passion in her life. And while you can definitely see the happenings of the previous book carried over into this one, the author gives plenty of background that a new reader wouldn’t be even remotely lost. The heroine of this book is the step mother of the Duke of Autenberry, who had a very big secondary character role in the previous book. Not having read the first book in this series (quit side eyeing me, OCD police), I wasn’t sure how smoothly I’d be able to jump into the story.
This was my first book by this author and I’m an instant fan! The Scandal Of It All was wickedly delicious and sinfully swoony. He wanted her with an intensity that would not go away until it found its release. Somehow, in a short time she had become his sole desire. First, however, he must convince her to trust in this dangerous desire-and in the promise of forever unleashed by one wild, scandalous night. She may not be to the ton’s taste, but she suits him perfectly.
Lord Strickland never permitted himself to fantasize about the sultry, off-limits lady, but then he never expected to find Ela in a place so wicked, looking for what he’s more than too happy to give. If only she were not so drawn to the smoldering Lord Strickland…a dangerous man who sees beyond her mask, and could ruin her reputation with a mere whisper. Ela longs to take a lover for a single, wild night, and within the walls of Sodom there are gentlemen to suit every forbidden taste. What kind of woman ventures into London’s most notorious pleasure club? An outsider like Graciela, the Duchess of Autenberry, snubbed time and time again by society because of her Spanish roots.
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