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A Scandalous Past (2011)

by Ava Stone(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Night Shift Publishing

series

Scandalous

review 1: Underneath the elegance of a Regency ball hides a lot of darkness. Ava Stone did a great job at opening up the reader and her main character's, Cordelia's, eyes to the darkness behind many seemingly harmless actions. Cordelia is absolutely determined to escape the fate of being snubbed by Society after seeing what happened to her best friend, Olivia, who dumped her socially-acceptable fiance for a less-than-acceptable rake (who happens to be a Duke, which in most regency romances, makes up for his previously bad actions when he finally settles down). It wasn't clear to me what exactly Olivia did that cause Society to continue to reject her after she married.Cordelia's ambition is to escape the social inhibitions by marrying well and then doing what she wants with her li... morefe. Her choices in a future husband seem restricted to rakes, since they'd be busy with their own naughty business. Luckily for Cordelia, a very handsome and extremely acceptable bachelor takes an interest in her (partly because of her personality and beauty and partly because he thinks her family is holding letters incriminating his deceased mother in treason which he desperately needs returned), but he's the one man Cordelia hates intensely. She'd grown up eavesdropping on her older sister's best friends complaint about her husband (the man interested in her) and how cold and unfeeling he was to her. Frightened by the "good guy", Cordelia runs in the direction of a notorious rake who thinks she's a lot more experienced than she is because of her pursuit of him. The "good guy" realizes he has competition and his interest in Cordelia jumps dramatically. The story is full of action and suspense. Cordelia is a little unusual and her choices tend to be funny and endearing. Spoiler alert: I was worried the book was going to drag on when the couple got married just over halfway through the book, but somehow, Ava Stone kicked some life into the story. She solved the mystery of the letters and also united the couple in a more meaningful and personal way towards the end. Cordelia's fears that she'd picked the wrong guy after all closed off and the ending is quite satisfying.
review 2: This was a charming read...I do agree with another reviewer that said that there were a LOT of characters in this, more thank likely ones from previous books, and probably ones for future books.Cordie just wants to be as free as she can possibly be...her mother has made her life pretty horrible...so she decides that if she marries a rake, then she can do as she likes, as he does what he likes.But that was before she fell in love with Brendan. HE is wonderful...but she's sure that he's going to make her toe the line.Lots of miscommunication, some of it silly, some of it serious...But everything works out well in the end...which is why I read this sort of book!~Brendan is wonderful...with his blond hair and blue eyes...I'm intrigued enough to find out what happens with Cordie's brothers, I'd read more by this author. less

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