For Christmas I got some new reading material; my family knows me so well. I have also had more free time so I have plowed through about four books in the last week and a half. So when writing this blog, I had choices to pick from of recently read books. I decided to cover Gayle Callen's newest novel, A Most Scandalous Engagement, which is the second novel in her Scandalous Lady series.I really liked this novel, because the premise of the trilogy was interesting. It is three girls (two sisters and their cousin) and the three men that catch them in the act of stealing a painting from a gentleman's club. The men deduce that the woman posing naked in the portrait must in fact be one of the young misses and the wager on which one of them it could be. The second novel covers Lady Elizabeth and her childhood friend Peter. Peter is certain it is Elizabeth and decided to place his wager on her not only because he knows he is right, but because he has always saved her in the past and wants to protect her again.
Elizabeth feels that her childhood friend has changed over the past few years, but when another gentleman suspects her of being in the portrait and blackmails her, she runs to Peter for help. The two embark on a fake engagement, one that Elizabeth is determined to break after her blackmailer leaves her alone, but Peter has different plans. He intends to seduce Elizabeth and show her that their relationship is more than mere friendship.
This was a good story, because the sparks were flying even when Elizabeth thought they were only acting as if they were in love. It was well put together and the progression of their relationship is believable. The entire series has been a fun adventure this far and I would definitely recommend it.
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