Goddess Fish Promotions Book Review: Once Upon A Scandal

Once Upon A Scandal

by Julie LeMense

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BLURB:

Caught up in a scandal of her father's making, Lady Jane Fitzsimmons is now an outcast in the society that once prized her refinement. So when Lord Benjamin Marworth offers to help redeem her good name, she leaps at the chance.

Too bad his plan requires her very public demise.

Marworth, society's darling, is actually a spy for the crown, and important war communiques have been stolen. If Jane can carry off her disguise as the mysterious Madame Lillianne Fauchon, with close ties to Napoleon, she just might tempt the thief out of hiding.

If only Marworth didn't find her so tempting himself...

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Excerpt:

“Suffice it to say that in the wrong hands, the missing dispatches could change the course of the war. But I think you may be uniquely qualified to help find them.”

Jane pondered Lord Marworth’s statement for a long moment, replaying the words, hoping she’d misunderstood. But only one conclusion was logical. A dark one. “You are obviously having a bit of fun at my expense, although I fail to see the humor in it.”

“I’m quite serious, Miss Fitzsimmons.” He was staring at her intently now. “It is absolutely vital they be found.”

“And you are ... what?” she mocked. “Some sort of agent for the crown, I suppose? Sent here to enlist me for service?”

“You could say that.”

A burst of anger, hot and devastating, surged through her. “It is one thing, Lord Marworth, to amuse yourself by imagining international intrigue,” she said, her voice rising. “But it is quite another to involve someone else in your fantasy. I’m afraid I haven’t the time for it. If you will excuse me … ”

She stood, intent on rushing from the room.

“This is no fantasy.”

She spun to face him. “You’ll forgive me, of course, for not believing you. Given your busy schedule of idle amusements and seductions, it’s hard to imagine you’ve the time for anything substantive. Like saving the country from Napoleon. That sort of thing.”

“Appearances are not always what they seem, Miss Fitzsimmons … ”

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Review:  I haven't read a regency in awhile. They were the genre that got me started on romance.

This book reminds me why I loved this genre. The historical detail is wonderful and I'm always the type that ends up googling things to check on accuracy. Why? Because I love history, and I like to see it done right, and that happened here.

Jane and Benjamin have a fantastic romance. There's always a few villains that are out there to wreck the romance and well that's done here, but in a wonderful way.

This is a great regency, I can't wait to go back and read Julie's first book!

Rating: 5 stars

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

A Georgetown University graduate with a degree in English Literature, I’ve loved the Regency romance genre since my first deliciously bad Barbara Cartland novel. These days, I prefer the complex characterizations and plotting of Julie Anne Long, Sherry Thomas, Meredith Duran, Courtney Milan, and Sarah MacLean. A member of the Romance Writers Association of America, I am currently working on my next novel, as the ghosts who live in my haunted, gilded-age home try to sneak their way into my stories.

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Link to amazon author page:

http://www.amazon.com/Julie-LeMense/e/B00JZ2016W/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE

Julie LeMense will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. Additionally, Goddess Fish Productions will be awarding a $5 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host.

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