Publisher: Avon
Date published:
September
25, 2012
ISBN: 978-0062075932
Genre: Historical
Romance
Book format: Paperback
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com
Carissa Portland is not a gossip. No, not at all. She is a woman of information. That means she listens in to other people’s
conversations, gathers all kinds of tidbits of news and stores it away for
future use. The one person she seems to be seeking the most news on is
Sebastian, Viscount Beauchamp (Beau). Well no, not really because he is plain
and simple a rake and not at all suitable company for Miss Portland. Well, at
least for the image she puts forth of herself. But there is something about
Beau she just can’t seem to stay away from.
Viscount Beauchamp has done much to cultivate his image as a
licentious rake. As a member of the Inferno Club debauchery, drunkenness and committing
all sort of bad boy activities are the norm for him. Behind that reckless
façade is a man who will do anything for his country and those he loves most.
There is one woman he has never been able to keep far from his mind and that is
Carissa Portland. He’d like to hold her in more than his mind but his fellow
Order agents have warned him against paying too much attention to the Lady of
Information. On pain of death they’ve told him to stay away.
But that is easier said than done when Carissa can’t seem to
keep herself away from Beau. When she stumbles on a questionable meeting
between Beau and another man she suddenly finds herself in a precarious
situation that leads to her being shot. Knowing
he must treat her wound as quickly as possible and without the general public
finding out about her injury Beau brings Carissa to Dante House, the Inferno
Club’s headquarters. But the Lady of Information is unable to sit still and
keep from snooping and before long learns Beau’s deepest secrets. To protect her
Beau determines they must wed. Can a marriage brought by layers of secrets
survive and blossom into true love?
Gaelen Foley’s MY
SCANDALOUS VISCOUNT is the fifth book of her Inferno Club series. With the Prometheans obliterated the members
of the Order can turn their attention to other situations that threaten
England. At the beginning of the book Beau is not aware of what has happened in
Bavaria and if Drake is in fact a traitor or hero. Because he has no news on
his fellow agents and with their mentor Virgil dead, Beau is tasked with
protecting the Order’s interests in the capital. Part of that requires him
answering questions from an MP, Mr. Green.
I found the story to be a well done transition from the Order
vs. the Prometheans earlier books in the series and the new challenges the
agents will face. I didn’t quite warm up
to Carissa because while she was feisty I didn’t see her as someone I’d want to
be friends with. I’m not sure I could trust her with any information about
myself out of concern as to whether any interest was truly in me or merely to
collect information. She has a bit of a problem telling the truth as well. On the other hand I enjoyed reading about an
intelligent and creative woman.
I did like Beau and his epiphany about how his marriage to
Carissa was a mirror to what he himself had been doing to other men was well
done.
Aside from using horses and carriages this story could pretty
much have taken place in any time period. What threw me off a few times, which
happened in the earlier books, was the use of modern American English slang
terms. I like my historicals to reflect the period in description and language.
I didn’t warm up to either Nick or Trevor but since I’m one of
those people who start a series just have to finish it I will probably read
their stories when they are written.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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