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About the Book
Title: Once Upon A Scandal
Author: Julie LeMense
Genre: Regency Era Romance
Caught up in a
scandal of her father’s making, Lady Jane Fitzsimmons is now an outcast in the
society that once prized her. 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 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.
And tempt
Marworth into something he has always studiously avoided … at chance at love.
Author Bio
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.
Links
Email : julielemense@yahoo.com
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@julielemense
Facebook: www.facebook.com/julielemense
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Book Excerpts
Benjamin blinked to clear his vision. This was Jane Fitzsimmons, and yet
she was not. This woman had swayed into the room like a seductress, every
movement hypnotic. Her features were the same, even if her cheekbones were more
pronounced, and her eyes seemed larger, the faintest hint of kohl at their
corners. Her new hairstyle framed her face beautifully. But that body. He’d
never guessed, and he was a connoisseur of the female form.
“You look … very nice,” he said, his famed wit deserting him.
“You, as well, monsieur le Vicomte,”
she replied. There was an artful lilt to her speech, hinting at French shores
and exquisite schooling. “But of course, the comtesse told me to expect a handsome man, and I have learned
during our short acquaintance she is not given to exaggeration.”
He swallowed reflexively. She’d stopped just in front of him, mere
inches away. Reaching up, she placed a tentative hand on his shoulder and then
leaned in, standing on her toes to place a light kiss first on one cheek and
then the other, while he stood utterly still, breathing her in, unable to deny
he was lanced with desire.
She pulled back, her hand falling gently to her waist. “That is how I
greet my friends in Paris, monsieur,
and I’m told we are to be great friends.”
“If that is how the French greet their friends,” he said, fighting to
keep his voice light, “I am renouncing my British citizenship.”
Review:
Charming romance story. I did not read the first book about this
society, which I will soon remand as this story has convinced me of the writers
skill. I truely enjoyed the story of
Jane. She is that awkward girl that
lives inside many women, me in particular.
Yet she is brave and charming as well.
It was a delight to get a peek into her life and loves. I commend her bravery and tact as I am not
sure I could be so kind to some of those she had to deal with.
I give this story 4 out of 5 clouds.
So glad you liked it!
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Julie