Review: Looking forward to some swoonworthy moments, cast adrift in some fun in the ton?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
Originally Reviewed For: Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy[...]Looking forward to some swoonworthy moments, cast adrift in some fun in the ton? Then check out Cara Elliott's Scandalously Yours.. Book one of her brand spanking new series, The Hellions of High Street.Olivia Sloan has absolutely no desire to go about in society. She's ok looking, has limited dowry and worst of all, she has a brain! Instead of speaking of the weather and ribbons and bows. Olivia wants to make her mark, help form social reform. Do something, make a difference. Not an easy goal when one is a woman in Regency England.. So Olivia chooses to make her voice heard, albeit incognito, everything is fine until the oh-so proper Earl of Wrexham, starts snooping around.John, Earl of Wrexham is perfect. A perfect soldier, a perfect father (so he thinks), A perfect brother, a perfect Lord in the House.. in fact he is perfectly boring. But being as perfect as he is it should be easy to find the perfect wife. Only no one seems to catch his attention. Settling on a local lady Lady Serena (otherwise referred to as Lady Steele Corset)but something isn't right. His son can't stand Lady Steele Corset and even John is having his doubts. While he flounders on the issue of finding a new wife, he is secure in his desire to make a difference in Parliament. He is sure he can do something to help the soldiers returning from war. With his military background he knows what they have gone through and he strongly believes that something should be done to make their lives easier. When he finds a similar mind in the Beacon, a columnist in the paper. John does everything he can to unearth the Beacon so he can have as strong as an argument as possible. Only when he finds out just who the beacon is.. well life just starts to get interesting.Secure in finding a voice for England's returning soldiers.. John is unaware of what is going on with some of the other lords.. seems they don't quite agree with him and will do anything, foul means or fair to silence John. Life is one turmoil after another and yet the crazier it gets the more John discovers that life is to be lived.Olivia on the other hand.. she has been living life to the best of her ability for quite some time now.. Now she needs to learn how to curtail her actions for the sake of others. Not to change who she is but to set an example.. to lead the charge of change not to fight until she is lost in the crown.. a rabble rouser.Together, these two compliment each other perfectly.. The old saying opposite attracts works brilliantly here.. But it also points out that sometimes we make think we are opposites but we have more in common than we think.Another hit for Cara Elliott!!ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Scandalously Yours, provided by netgalley