Welcome! Today I will be sharing about New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Jennifer McQuiston's soon-to-be released book THE SPINSTER'S GUIDE TO SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOUR, the second book in the Seduction Diaries which will be released with Avon on November 24th.
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Seduction Diaries #2
The Spinster's Guide to Scandalous Behavior
by Jennifer McQuiston
Regency Historical Romance
ebook, print, audiobook, 400 pages
November 24, 2015 by AvonSeduction Diaries #2
Lord Thomas Branston has spent the
last five years in Cornwall, hiding from his painful past. Nothing has been
tempting enough to lure him back to London…until now. He alone knows the real
value of the property, and he’s determined to buy Heathmore before Miss
Westmore ruins everything and sells it off to the highest bidder.
Emboldened by the guidance in her
aunt’s diary, Lucy refuses to sell the property, not even when Lord Branston’s
offers escalate, or when the house turns out to be truly uninhabitable. Lucy
has no intention of giving up her one chance for independence. And Thomas has
no intention of abandoning his suit.
But is it the property or the
spitfire of a spinster that’s got his heart all tied up? And what is he willing
to offer for both?
My Thoughts
I've been honored to read this book. The Spinster's Guide to Scandalous Behaviour is one of the best historical romance book out there. Lucy was an outspoken, young lady who had an incredibly generous. She liked giving to charity, helping poor children and tending to her garden to be used for others' benefit. Her flaw was that she was really impulsive and sometimes she didn't think through the consequence. Lord Thomas Branston was a decent guy with his own share of painful past. He was quite persistent to regarding the sales of Heathmore Cottage.
Lucy's parents wanted the best for Lucy by sending her off to her first season. She didn't enjoy it very much and her father shocked her into telling that someone had bought the cottage.
When Lucy wanted to check her inheritence, she was in for a surprise, when Thomas joined her in the train. She discovered a few bits of his past. In between, there were sizzling attraction between them. In Lizard Bay, she met people who knew her Aunt that was written in the diary her Aunt kept.
Lucy's adamant refusal to marriage was actually rooted from her fears. As you go along, you will see how her fear was expressed in the middle of the book.
I absolutely love this book. I can't stop reading it until the end. You would enjoy the bickering and some insights. Sometimes it made you blush too.
It's a must read!!!
I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss.
Excerpt
Take her aunt for example. According to the first volume of her aunt’s diary, she’d taken herself to Cornwall without her parents’ permission and lived for more than four decades as a scandalous spinster. To Lucy, that sounded like the right kind of ruin, one that was earned outright, rather than merely presumed. But judging by the tears welling in Lydia’s eyes, her sister’s definition of ruin was rather different.
“You mustn’t tell anyone,” Lucy warned, suddenly realizing that between her hair and Lydia’s knowledge of her plans, a good deal of havoc could be wrought. “I still need to find a bit more money if I am to do this properly, and that means I need to hide this from Mother, at least for the near future.” She looked pleadingly at her sister. “Do you promise not to say anything?”
“You are really going to Cornwall, then?” Lydia choked out.
“Not yet. Soon, though. When I can earn a bit more money. And I won’t be gone forever.” Lucy sat down beside her sister and placed a hand over hers. “I only want to have a look at my property, to make the decision for myself. In fact, I predict I will be back before the Season has even properly started.”
But Lydia pulled her hand away. “And what good would coming back do, with your hair shorn and your reputation in tatters?” she asked bitterly. “Did you even think this through before you charged into it?”
Lucy bit her lip, the question hitting a little too close for comfort. No, she hadn’t thought it through. She’d simply read her aunt’s diary entry last night, and woken up this morning determined to find something to sell. As per usual, she’d set her sights on a grand goal and ignored the smaller difficulties, such as how to explain—or hide—the evidence of what she had done. She might be impulsive, but she at least had enough self-awareness to look back now and recognize her usual pattern of impetuousness.
“I probably should have done a bit of research into how much I might earn first,” she admitted. “And I should have waited to visit the wig makers until I had enough money to leave immediately after I had done it.”
Lydia’s face turned red. “That is what you see as the lesson learned here? For heaven’s sake, Lucy, how can you be so … so … blind? I would give anything to be in your position, you know. To have a chance to find a proper husband, and to find real happiness.” A tear rolled down her cheek. “And yet you are throwing it all away for a rat-infested cottage?”
Lucy felt a spark of irritation. Why couldn’t Lydia see her side of it? For as long as she could remember, this threatened Season had hovered above her head like a guillotine. And now, with the encounter with the visiting coach, it was clear her fears were well-founded. She had only ever consented to suffer through the drama of this Season to silence her parents’ expectations. It wasn’t as though she had any intention of procuring a husband anyway—especially not one who only wanted to give her a ring in exchange for ten thousand pounds.
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